Genesis 43:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obeysance.

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  • Gen 37:7 : 7 Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also stoode vpright, and behold, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe.
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.
  • Exod 18:7 : 7 And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 Behold, a man came the third day out of the host from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth vpon his head: and when hee came to Dauid, he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
  • 2 Sam 14:4 : 4 Then the woman of Tekoah spake vnto the king, & fel downe on her face to the ground, and did obeysance, and sayd, Helpe, O King.
  • 1 Kgs 1:16 : 16 And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King; the King saide, What is thy matter?
  • 2 Chr 24:17 : 17 And after the death of Iehoiada, came the princes of Iudah, and did reuerence to the King, and the King hearkened vnto them.
  • Gen 37:9-9 : 9 Againe hee dreamed an other dreame, & tolde it his brethren, and saide, Behold, I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the Sunne and the Moone & eleuen starres did reuerence to me. 10 Then he tolde it vnto his father and to his brethren, and his father rebuked him, and saide vnto him, What is this dreame, which thou hast dreamed? Shal I, and thy mother, & thy brethren come in deede & fall on the ground before thee?

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  • Gen 43:26-27
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    26When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.

    27And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?

  • Gen 50:16-18
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    16Therefore they sent vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

    17Thus shal ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil; nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God; Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him.

    18Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.

  • Gen 43:29
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    29And he lifting vp his eyes, beheld his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayde, Is this your yonger brother, of whome ye tolde me? And he said, God be merciful vnto thee, my sone.

  • Gen 43:7
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    7And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?

  • Gen 45:3
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    3Then Ioseph sayde to his brethren, I am Ioseph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren coulde not answere him, for they were astonished at his presence.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,

  • Gen 24:52
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    52And when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord.

  • Gen 44:23-25
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    23Then saydest thou vnto thy seruants, Except your yonger brother come downe with you, looke in my face no more.

    24So when we came vnto thy seruant our father, and shewed him what my lord had sayd,

    25And our father sayde vnto vs, Goe againe, bye vs a litle foode,

  • Gen 48:12
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    12And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, & did reuerence downe to the ground.

  • Gen 33:3
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    3So he went before them and bowed him selfe to the ground seuen times, vntill he came neere to his brother.

  • Gen 24:26
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    26And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the Lord,

  • Gen 43:14-15
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    14And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that hee may deliuer you your other brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.

    15Thus the men tooke this present, & tooke twise so much money in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph.

  • Gen 44:14
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    14So Iudah and his brethren came to Iosephs house (for he was yet there) and they fel before him on the ground.

  • Gen 44:19-21
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    19My Lord asked his seruants, saying, Haue ye a father, or a brother?

    20And we answered my Lorde, We haue a father that is olde, and a young childe, which he begate in his age: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loueth him.

    21Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bring him vnto me, that I may set mine eye vpo him.

  • Gen 33:6-7
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    6Then came the maides neere, they, and their children, and bowed themselues.

    7Leah also with her children came nere and made obeysance: and after Ioseph & Rahel drew neere, and did reuerence.

  • Gen 42:13
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    13And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.

  • Gen 42:6
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    6Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

  • Gen 23:7
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    7Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.

  • Gen 43:2
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    2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.

  • Gen 47:25
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    25Then they answered, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my Lorde, and we will be Pharaohs seruants.

  • Gen 44:30-31
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    30Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, & the childe be not with vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life)

    31Then when hee shall see that the childe is not come, he will die: so shall thy seruants bring the graye head of thy seruant our father with sorowe to the graue.

  • Gen 42:20
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    20But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so.

  • Gen 45:25
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    25Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,

  • Gen 44:33
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    33Nowe therefore, I pray thee, let me thy seruant bide for the childe, as a seruant to my Lord, and let the childe go vp with his brethren.

  • Gen 45:27
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    27And they told him al the words of Ioseph, which he had said vnto the: but when he saw the charets, which Ioseph had sent to cary him, then the spirit of Iaakob their father reuiued.

  • Gen 27:18
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    18And when he came to his father, he sayd, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my sonne?

  • Gen 44:27
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    27Then thy seruant my father sayde vnto vs, Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,

  • Gen 37:7
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    7Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also stoode vpright, and behold, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe.

  • Gen 46:29
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    29Then Ioseph made ready his charet and went vp to Goshen to meete Israel his father, and presented himselfe vnto him and fel on his necke, and wept vpon his necke a good while.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7Ioseph also brought Iaakob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; Iaakob saluted Pharaoh.