Genesis 44:14

They fell before him. With Judah leading the way, the men came to Joseph’s house, where they all fell down before him, pleading for mercy. Several ancient Egyptian reliefs depicting similar situations have been preserved. One shows Canaanite petitioners before the general Haremhab in the 14th century B.C. Some of them lie flat on the ground, with arms outstretched and heads lifted pleadingly to the high official. Others kneel or bow low before him, all of them with arms raised, to impress the general with the urgency of their request. In the case of those who fell down before Haremhab the request was to be permitted to settle in Egypt, since they had been expelled from their homeland.