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


In Context

25 They prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.

26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.

27 He asked them of their welfare, and said, |Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?|

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

29 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, |Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?| He said, |God be gracious to you, my son.|

30 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

43:28They replied, "Your servant our father is still alive and well." And they bowed low to pay him honor.

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 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.