Genesis 43:28

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And they said, “It is well for your servant; for our father, he is still alive.” And they bowed down and worshiped.

Latin

Qui responderunt: Sospes est servus tuus pater noster, adhuc vivit. Et incurvati, adoraverunt eum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers

Events

7 years of faminec. 1708 BC
Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC

Related verses

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.”
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
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.
1 Kings 1:16
And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
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.
2 Samuel 14:4
When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
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.
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.”

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Dissembling: Joseph Salutations by Bowing

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