Genesis 50:18

18 Then his brothers went also and fell before him and said, "Behold, we [are] your servants."

Genesis 50:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:18

And his brethren also went
The messengers being returned to them, and acquainting them with what Joseph had said, they took courage and went from Goshen to Joseph's house or palace, be it where it may:

and fell down before his face;
in an humble suppliant manner:

and they said, behold, we be thy servants;
they were content to be so, would he but forgive their sin, and not resent their ill behaviour to him; thus they further fulfilled his dream of the eleven stars making obeisance to him, ( Genesis 37:9 ) .

Genesis 50:18 In-Context

16 So they sent [word] to Joseph saying, "Your father commanded [us] before his death, saying,

17 "Thus you must say to Joseph, 'O, please now forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.' So now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 Then his brothers went also and fell before him and said, "Behold, we [are] your servants."

19 Then Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for [am] I in the place of God?

20 As for you, you planned evil against me, [but] God planned it for good, in order to do this--to keep many people alive--as [it is] today.