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Genesis 43:28

WEB

28They said, “Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.” They bowed down humbly.

KJV

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

BSB

28Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

FBV

28“Yes, your servant our father is still alive, and is well,” they replied and bowed low in respect.

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Extra References

Genesis 37:7

7for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”


Genesis 43:26

26When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to the earth before him.


Exodus 18:7

7Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.


2 Chronicles 24:17

17Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.


1 Kings 1:16

16Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”


Genesis 37:9-10

9He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.” 10He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”


2 Samuel 14:4

4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”


2 Samuel 1:2

2on the third day, behold, [+] a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth and showed respect.