28They replied, "Your servant our father is still alive and well." And they bowed low to pay him honor.


In Context

25 They prepared their gifts for Joseph's arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.

26 When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.

27 He asked them how they were, and then he said, "How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?"

28 They replied, "Your servant our father is still alive and well." And they bowed low to pay him honor.

29 As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother's son, he asked, "Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?" And he said, "God be gracious to you, my son."

30 Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.

Genesis 43:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:28And they answered, Thy servant our father [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

43:28And they answered: Thy servant our father is in health, he is yet living. And bowing themselves they made obeisance to him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

43:28And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:28And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

43:28And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:28And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:28They said, |Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.| They bowed the head, and did homage.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

43:28and they say, 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:28And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.