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
Joseph asked how they were. He said: What about your elderly father? Is he still alive?
28 They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 37:7
We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat. My sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it.
Genesis 43:26
Joseph came home and they gave him the gifts they had brought. They bowed down to him.
Genesis 37:9-10
Joseph had another dream and told his brothers: I had another dream, in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me.
Exodus 18:7
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. Moses bowed with his face touching the ground and kissed Jethro. They asked each other how they were. Then they entered the tent.
2 Samuel 1:2
Three days later a soldier came from Saul's army. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. He knelt down in front of David.
2 Samuel 14:4
The woman from Tekoa came to the king. She immediately bowed down with her face touching the ground. Help me, Your Majesty, she said.
1 Kings 1:16
Bathsheba bowed low before the king. He asked: What do you want?
2 Chronicles 24:17
After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the leaders of Judah went to Joash and talked him into doing what they wanted.