Genesis 43:28

They said, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” They prostrated themselves and bowed down.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

27He asked them about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

29When he lifted up his eyes he saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and he said, “Is this your youngest brother of whom you spoke to me?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

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Cross References

Genesis 37:7Behold, we were tying bundles of grain in the field and behold, my bundle rose and stood upright, and behold, your bundles came around and bowed down to my bundle.”

Genesis 43:26When Joseph came home, they brought the gifts which were in their hand into the house, and bowed down before him to the ground.

2 Samuel 1:2On the third day, a man came from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. When he came to David he lay facedown on the ground and prostrated himself.

1 Kings 1:16Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. Then the king said, “What do you desire?”

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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