Bible verse

Genesis 43:28

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

Genesis 43:28 · BSB

Genesis 43:28 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 43.

24 And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.

25 Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

27 He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”

28 “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

30 Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

31 Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”

32 They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

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Genesis 43:28 in other translations

KJV

And they answered, Thy servant our father [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

ASV

And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

ERV

And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

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