Genesis 43:28
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
In context
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?”
28 “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.
Genesis 43:28 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- They said, “Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.” They bowed down humbly.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and they say, 'Thy servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.