Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” They bowed down in homage.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

is in good health
שׁלם שׁלום 
Shalowm 
Usage: 236

he is yet alive
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

קדד 
Qadad 
Usage: 15

References

Easton

Context Readings

A Feast At Joseph's Palace

27 He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?” 28 They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him. 29 When he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother that you told me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”



Cross References

Genesis 37:7

There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him.

Genesis 37:9-10

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”

Exodus 18:7

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been and went into the tent.

2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head came from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.

2 Samuel 14:4

When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell with her face to the ground in homage and said, “Help me, my king!”

1 Kings 1:16

Bathsheba bowed down and paid homage to the king, and he asked, “What do you want?”

2 Chronicles 24:17

However, after Jehoiada died, the rulers of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them,

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