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Genesis 43:28

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

27 He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

30 Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
KJV
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
WEB
They said, “Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.” They bowed down humbly.
ASV
And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
DARBY
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
BLB
And they said, “[It is] well for your servant; for our father, he [is] still alive.” And they bowed down and worshiped.
ÅB
Og da han så opp og fikk øye på Benjamin, sin bror, sin mors sønn, sa han: Er dette deres yngste bror, som dere talte til meg om? Og han sa: Gud velsigne deg, min sønn!
OTB
De svarte: «Din tjener vår far er fortsatt i live og har det godt.» Og de bøyde seg i ærbødighet.
B1930
Og da han så op og fikk øie på Benjamin, sin bror, sin mors sønn, sa han: Er dette eders yngste bror, som I talte til mig om? Og han sa: Gud velsigne dig, min sønn!

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Cross references

  • Genesis 37:7

    We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

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  • Genesis 43:26

    When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

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  • Genesis 37:9–10

    Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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  • Exodus 18:7

    So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:2

    On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:17

    After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:4

    When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

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  • 1 Kings 1:16

    And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”

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