Genesis 43:27

\43:28\And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.

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In The King James Version

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

In Context

26\43:27\And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?

28\43:29\Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.

Genesis 42:13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

Exodus 18:7And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.

1 Samuel 17:22And David gave his parcels into the hands of the keeper of the army stores, and went running to the army and came to his brothers to get knowledge about them.

2 Kings 4:26Go quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are they well? And she said in answer, All is well.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:27-34

26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom… Read the whole commentary →

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