Genesis 43:28

they answered: thy servaunte oure father is in good health ad is yet alyue. And they bowed them selues and fell to the grounde.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

27And he welcomed the curteously sainge: is youre father that old man which ye tolde me of in good health? and is he yet alyue?

29And he lyfte vp his eyes and behelde his brother Ben Iamin his mothers sonne and sayde: is this youre yongest brother of whome ye sayde vnto me? And sayde: God be mercyfull vnto ye my sonne.

Read all of Genesis 43

Cross References

Genesis 37:7Beholde we were makynge sheues in the felde: and loo my shefe arose and stode vpright and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my shefe.

Genesis 43:26When Ioseph came home they brought the present in to the house to him which they had in their handes ad fell flat on the grounde befor him.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 43:28