Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 43:27
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He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
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And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he yet alive?
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He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”
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And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
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Genesis 43
25 Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
27 He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
28 “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
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