Genesis 43:28

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They replied, "Your servant our father is well. He is still alive." And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.

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  • Gen 37:7 : 7 "We were binding sheaves in the field when suddenly my sheaf stood up and remained upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine."
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 When Joseph came home, they presented him the gift they had brought with them and bowed to the ground before him.
  • Exod 18:7 : 7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he arrived before David, he fell to the ground and showed respect.
  • 2 Sam 14:4 : 4 When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, prostrated herself, and said, "Help, O king!"
  • 1 Kgs 1:16 : 16 Bathsheba bowed low and paid homage to the king. The king asked her, "What is it you want?"
  • 2 Chr 24:17 : 17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to their advice.
  • Gen 37:9-9 : 9 Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, "Look, I had another dream, and this time the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me." 10 When he told the dream to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, asking, "What kind of dream is this that you have had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to the ground before you?"

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  • Gen 43:26-27
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    26When Joseph came home, they presented him the gift they had brought with them and bowed to the ground before him.

    27He greeted them and asked, "How is your father, the old man you told me about? Is he still alive?"

  • Gen 50:16-18
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    16So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, 'Before he died, your father gave this command:

    17'This is what you are to say to Joseph: “Please forgive the transgressions of your brothers and their sin, for they treated you so badly.” Now, please forgive the transgressions of the servants of the God of your father.' Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

    18Then his brothers also came, bowed down before him, and said, 'We are your servants.'

  • Gen 43:29
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    29Looking up, Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and asked, "Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?" Then he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son."

  • Gen 43:7
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    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

  • Gen 45:3
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    3Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?' But his brothers could not answer him because they were so shocked and dismayed by his presence.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 24:52
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    52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.

  • Gen 44:23-25
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    23But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.'

    24When we went back to your servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25Later, our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little more food.'

  • Gen 48:12
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    12Joseph removed the boys from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 33:3
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    3He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

  • Gen 24:26
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    26Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord.

  • Gen 43:14-15
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    14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.

    15So the men took the gifts, double the amount of silver, and Benjamin. They got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 44:14
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    14Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph's house while he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

  • Gen 44:19-21
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    19My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'"

    20And we answered my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.'"

    21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"

  • Gen 33:6-7
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    6Then the maidservants came forward with their children and bowed down.

    7Next, Leah and her children came forward and bowed down. Finally, Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

  • Gen 42:13
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    13And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

  • Gen 42:6
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    6Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Gen 23:7
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    7Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

  • Gen 43:2
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    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • Gen 47:25
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    25They replied, 'You have saved our lives! May we find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.'

  • Gen 44:30-31
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    30So now, if I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since his life is so closely bound up with the boy's life—

    31it will happen that when he sees the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 42:20
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    20Then bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.' And they did so.

  • Gen 45:25
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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to Canaan to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 44:33
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    33Now, therefore, please let your servant remain here as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.

  • Gen 45:27
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    27But when they reported all the words Joseph had spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

  • Gen 27:18
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    18Jacob went to his father and said, 'My father.' And Isaac said, 'Here I am. Who are you, my son?'

  • Gen 44:27
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    27Then your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.'

  • Gen 37:7
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    7"We were binding sheaves in the field when suddenly my sheaf stood up and remained upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine."

  • Gen 46:29
    69%

    29Joseph readied his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

  • Gen 47:7
    69%

    7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.