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Youngs Literal Translation

and they say, 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.

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.

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.

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 and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, 'Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?' 28 and they say, 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance. 29 And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and saith, 'Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?' and he saith, 'God favour thee, my son.'

Cross References

Genesis 37:7

that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.'

Genesis 43:26

And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

Genesis 37:9-10

And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, 'Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.'

Exodus 18:7

And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent;

2 Samuel 1:2

and it cometh to pass, on the third day, that lo, a man hath come in out of the camp from Saul, and his garments are rent, and earth on his head; and it cometh to pass, in his coming in unto David, that he falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance.

2 Samuel 14:4

And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, 'Save, O king.'

1 Kings 1:16

and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, 'What -- to thee?'

2 Chronicles 24:17

And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them,

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