Genesis 43:27

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?welfare: Heb. peaceIs your…: Heb. Is there peace to your father?

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and he asks of them of peace and says, “Is your father well? The aged man of whom you have spoken, is he yet alive?”

YLT

and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, 'Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?'

DBY

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

DRC

But he, courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet living?

GNV

And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?

JPS

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

LXXE

And he asked them, How are ye? and he said to them, Is your father, the old man of whom ye spoke, well? Does he yet live?

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WLC

וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל לָהֶם֙ לְשָׁל֔וֹם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲשָׁל֛וֹם אֲבִיכֶ֥ם הַזָּקֵ֖ן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם הַעוֹדֶ֖נּוּ חָֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἠρώτησε δὲ αὐτοὺς, πῶς ἔχετε; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, εἰ ὑγιαίνει ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ πρεσβύτης, ὃν εἴπατε; ἔτι ζῇ;

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• Genesis 41:16“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
• Judges 18:15So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
• 1 Samuel 25:5So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
• 1 Samuel 17:22Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
• Exodus 18:7So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
• Genesis 43:7They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say,…

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