Genesis 43:28

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

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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

27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?

29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:7For behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves stood around and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Genesis 43:26And 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.

2 Samuel 1:2It came even to pass on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

1 Kings 1:16And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou?

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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