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Genesis 43:28

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

And they answered {H559}, Thy servant {H5650} our father {H1} is in good health {H7965}, he is yet alive {H2416}. And they bowed down their heads {H6915}, and made obeisance {H7812}.

They answered, "Your servant our father is well; yes, he is still alive," as they bowed in respect.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 37:7 (4 votes)

    For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

  • Genesis 43:26 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • 1 Kings 1:16 (2 votes)

    And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

  • 2 Chronicles 24:17 (2 votes)

    Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

  • 2 Samuel 1:2 (2 votes)

    It 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.

  • Genesis 37:9 (2 votes)

    And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

  • Genesis 37:10 (2 votes)

    And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?