Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 inquired about their welfare and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"
28 They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 37:7
Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf."
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground.
Genesis 37:9-10
Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
Exodus 18:7
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.
2 Samuel 1:2
And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.
2 Samuel 14:4
When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king."
1 Kings 1:16
Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?"
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them.