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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.

KJV

Qui responderunt : Sospes est servus tuus pater noster, adhuc vivit. Et incurvati, adoraverunt eum.

Vulgate

οἱ δὲ εἶπαν Ὑγιαίνει ὁ παῖς σου ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν, ἔτι ζῇ. καὶ εἶπεν Εὐλογητὸς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος τῷ θεῷ. καὶ κύψαντες προσεκύνησαν.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ שָׁל֛וֹם לְ/עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ לְ/אָבִ֖י/נוּ עוֹדֶ֣/נּוּ חָ֑י וַֽ/יִּקְּד֖וּ ו/ישתחו וַ/יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 1201×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יִּקֹּ֥ד
yqd
verb · 15×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Prov 14:19 — The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.