Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.
New American Standard Bible
They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.”
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.
Holman Bible
They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
International Standard Version
"Your servant, our father, is doing well," they replied. "He is still alive." Then they bowed down in humility.
A Conservative Version
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
American Standard Version
And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
Amplified
And they answered, “Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive.” And they bowed down [their heads before Joseph] in respect.
Darby Translation
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say, Peace to thy servant to our father, he is yet living: and they will bow down and worship.
King James 2000
And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and paid him honor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they said, "Your servant our father [is] well; he is still alive." And they knelt and bowed down.
Modern King James verseion
And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They answered, "Thy servant our father is in good health, and is yet alive. And they bowed themselves and fell to the ground."
NET Bible
"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility.
New Heart English Bible
They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
The Emphasized Bible
And they said - It is well with thy servant our father, he is yet alive. And they bent their heads and bowed them-selves down.
Webster
And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.
World English Bible
They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they say, 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 43:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Feast At Joseph's Palace
27 And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living? 28 And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him. 29 Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 37:7
We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
Genesis 43:26
And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.
Genesis 37:9-10
Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.
2 Samuel 1:2
On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.
2 Samuel 14:4
And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.
1 Kings 1:16
And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.