Genesis - 43:28

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28 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 43:28.

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And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
And they answered: Thy servant our father is in health, he is yet living. And bowing themselves they made obeisance to him.
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.
and they say, 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.
And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.
And they said, 'Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.' And he said, 'Blessed be that man by God.' And they bowed and prostrated themselves.
And they answered: "Your servant, our father, is safe; he is still alive." And bowing, they reverenced him.
Et dixerunt, Prospere est servo tuo patri nostro, adhuc vivit: et prociderunt, et incurvaverunt se.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And they answered, thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive,.... Which is an answer to both his questions; and by calling their father Joseph's servant, he did obeisance to him in them, as well as by sending a present to him, which they delivered as coming from him his servant; and it is not improbable that Jacob sent his salutation to him as his servant, and so that part of the dream of Joseph's was also fulfilled, which represented the sun doing obeisance to him, Genesis 37:9,
and they bowed their heads, and made obeisance; a second time, as they did, no doubt, at every time they gave answer to Joseph's questions; and this is again observed, to show the full completion of the above dream.

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