Genesis 44:14
New International Version
Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

New Living Translation
Joseph was still in his palace when Judah and his brothers arrived, and they fell to the ground before him.

English Standard Version
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell before him to the ground.

Berean Standard Bible
When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

King James Bible
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

New King James Version
So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.

New American Standard Bible
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell down to the ground before him.

NASB 1995
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

NASB 1977
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. So they fell to the ground before him.

Amplified Bible
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him.

Christian Standard Bible
When Judah and his brothers reached Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Judah and his brothers reached Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.”

American Standard Version
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yehuda and his brothers came into Yoseph, and he was still there, and they fell before him on the ground.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Judas and his brethren came in to Joseph, while he was yet there, and fell on the ground before him.

Contemporary English Version
When Judah and his brothers got there, Joseph was still at home. So they bowed down to Joseph,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Juda at the head of his brethren went in to Joseph, (for he was not yet gone out of the place, ) and they altogether fell down before him on the ground.

English Revised Version
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph's house while Joseph was still there. Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground.

Good News Translation
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there. They bowed down before him,

International Standard Version
Joseph was waiting for them back at his palace when his brothers returned. They fell to the ground in front of him,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, and he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground.

Literal Standard Version
And Judah and his brothers come to the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall to the earth before him;

Majority Standard Bible
When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

New American Bible
When Judah and his brothers entered Joseph’s house, he was still there; so they flung themselves on the ground before him.

NET Bible
So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph's house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

New Revised Standard Version
Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house while he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him.

New Heart English Bible
So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph�s house, and he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, (for he was yet there:) and they fell before him on the ground.

World English Bible
Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

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Context
Benjamin and the Silver Cup
13Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city. 14When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him. 15“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”…

Cross References
Genesis 37:7
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine."

Genesis 37:10
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?"


Treasury of Scripture

And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

he was yet.

Genesis 43:16,25
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon…

fell.

Genesis 37:7-9
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf…

Genesis 50:18
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

Philippians 2:10,11
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; …

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1. Joseph's policy to stay his brothers.
6. The silver cup is found in Benjamin's sack.
14. They are brought before Joseph.
18. Judah's humble supplication to Joseph.














Verses 14-17. - And Judah - who is recognized as the leader in this second embassy to Egypt (Genesis 43:8) - and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: - "awaiting, no doubt, the result which he anticipated" (Murphy) - and they fell before him on the ground. The expression indicates a complete prostration of the body. It was a token of their penitence, and a sign that they craved his forgiveness. And Joseph said unto them, - in a speech not of "cruel and haughty irony" (Kalisch), but simply of assumed resentment - What deed is this that we have done! were ye not (or, did you not know?) that such a man as I can certainly divine? - literally, divining can divine (vide on ver. 5). Though Joseph uses this language, and is represented by his steward as possessing a divining cup, there is no reason to suppose that he was in the habit of practicing this heathen superstition. And Judah said (acting throughout this scene as the spokesman of his brethren), What shall we say unto my lord? What shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? (i.e. justify ourselves, or purge ourselves from suspicion). God (literally, the Elohim) hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants (literally, servants to my lord), both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. And he (i.e. Joseph) said, God forbid that I should do so (vide ver. 9): but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. Thus they were once more tested as to whether they could, as before, callously deliver up their father's favorite, and so bring down the gray hairs of their father to the grave, or would heroically and self-sacrificingly offer their own lives and liberties for his protection (Rosenmüller, Keil, Lange, Murphy, and others). How nobly they stood the test Judah's pathetic supplication reveals.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When Judah
יְהוּדָ֤ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

and his brothers
וְאֶחָיו֙ (wə·’e·ḥāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

arrived at
וַיָּבֹ֨א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

Joseph’s
יוֹסֵ֔ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

house,
בֵּ֣יתָה (bê·ṯāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

he
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was still
עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ (‘ō·w·ḏen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

there,
שָׁ֑ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

and they fell
וַיִּפְּל֥וּ (way·yip·pə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

to the ground
אָֽרְצָה׃ (’ā·rə·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

before him.
לְפָנָ֖יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face


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