Genesis 43:28

In 11 translations

BSB

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

LSV

And they say, “Your servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive”; and they bow, and pay respect.

YLT

and they say, 'Thy servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.

DBY

And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.

DRC

And they answered: Thy servant our father is in health, he is yet living. And bowing themselves they made obeisance to him.

GNV

Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obeysance.

JPS

And they said: 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive.' And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

LXXE

And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And he said, Blessed be that man by God;—and they bowed, and did him reverence.

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WLC

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ שָׁל֛וֹם לְעַבְדְּךָ֥ לְאָבִ֖ינוּ עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ חָ֑י וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּ וישתחו׃Read aloud as (qere): וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּBHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

LXX-Br

Οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ὑγιαίνει ὁ παῖς σου ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν, ἔτι ζῇ. Καὶ εἶπεν, εὐλογημένος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος τῷ Θεῷ· καὶ κύψαντες προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ.

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• Genesis 37:7We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
• Genesis 43:26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
• 2 Samuel 1:2On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
• 1 Kings 1:16And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
• Genesis 37:9–10Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” He told his father and brothers, but his father…
• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 24:17After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
• 2 Samuel 14:4When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

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