Genesis 43:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.”
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““Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they say, `Thy servant our father <FI>is<Fi> well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 43:28 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 37:9Then 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.”
- Genesis 43:26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
- 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 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.
- 2 Samuel 14:4When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
- 1 Kings 1:16And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
- 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.
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