Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility.
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."
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 He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, "Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?" 28 "Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility. 29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?" Then he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son."
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Cross References
Genesis 37:7
There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!"
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down 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. 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; they each asked about the other's welfare, and then they went into the tent.
2 Samuel 1:2
On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.
2 Samuel 14:4
So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, "Please help me, O king!"
1 Kings 1:16
Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?"
2 Chronicles 24:17
After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice.