Genesis 43:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁸ They said, “Your servant our father is fine. He’s still alive.” And they bowed down again with deep respect.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And they answered: "Your servant, our father, is safe; he is still alive." And bowing, they reverenced him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Genesis 43:28 Cross References

Genesis 37:7

for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Genesis 43:26

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

2 Samuel 1:2

it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

2 Samuel 14:4

And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

1 Kings 1:16

And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

2 Chronicles 24:17

Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

Exodus 18:7

And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.