Genesis 43 · Verse 28

Genesis 43:28

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
Genesis 43:28, King James Version

Genesis 43:28 in other translations

BSB“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
WEBThey said, “Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.” They bowed down humbly.
ASVAnd they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
YLTand they say, ‘Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.
DARBYAnd they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
BBEAnd they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.
WebsterAnd they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.

What does Genesis 43:28 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 43:26-34

Observe the great respect Joseph's brethren paid to him. Thus were Joseph's dreams more and more fulfilled. Joseph showed great kindness to them. He treated them nobly; but see here the early distance between Jews and gentiles. In a day of famine, it is enough to be fed; but they were feasted. Their cares and fears were now over, and they ate their bread with joy, reckoning they were upon good terms with the lord of…

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Genesis 43:28 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
שָׁל֛וֹםsha.LomhealthH7965
לְעַבְדְּךָ֥le.'av.de.Kha[belongs] to servant yourH5650
לְאָבִ֖ינוּle.'a.Vi.nuto father ourH1
עוֹדֶ֣נּוּo.De.nustill heH5750
חָ֑יChai[is] aliveH2416
וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּvai.yi.ke.Duand they bowed lowH6915
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ\׃vai.yish.ta.chuand they bowed downH7812

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Cross references for Genesis 43:28

  • 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 stood 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 themselves to him to the earth.

  • Genesis 37:9-10

    And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 2 Samuel 14:4

    And when the woman of Tekoah 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?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bowed.
26; 37:7,9,10
made obeisance.
Ex 18:7; 2Sa 1:2; 14:4; 1Ki 1:16; 2Ch 24:17

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Context

  • Genesis 43:27

    And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

  • Genesis 43:28

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

  • Genesis 43:29

    And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

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Genesis 43:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y ellos respondieron: Bien va á tu siervo nuestro padre; aun vive. Y se inclinaron, é hicieron reverencia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils dirent: Ton serviteur, notre père, est bien; il vit encore. Et ils s’inclinèrent et se prosternèrent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprachen sie: Es geht deinem Knechte, unserem Vater, wohl; er lebt noch. Und sie verneigten sich und beugten sich nieder.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui responderunt: Sospes est servus tuus pater noster, adhuc vivit. Et incurvati, adoraverunt eum.