Genesis 43:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Your servant our father is well,” they replied.“He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility.

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  • Gen 37:7 : 7 There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.
  • Exod 18:7 : 7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other’s welfare, and then they went into the tent.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.
  • 2 Sam 14:4 : 4 So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said,“Please help me, O king!”
  • 1 Kgs 1:16 : 16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said,“What do you want?”
  • 2 Chr 24:17 : 17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice.
  • Gen 37:9-9 : 9 Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers.“Look,” he said.“I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”

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

    27He asked them how they were doing. Then he said,“Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

  • Gen 50:16-18
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    16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:

    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Gen 43:29
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    29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said,“Is this your youngest brother, whom 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 questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

  • Gen 45:3
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    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • 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 returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

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

  • Gen 33:3
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    3But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

  • Gen 24:26
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    26The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD,

  • Gen 43:14-15
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    14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

    15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 44:14
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    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

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

    20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

  • Gen 33:6-7
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    6The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.

    7Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

  • Gen 42:13
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    13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

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

  • Gen 42:6
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    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7They answered 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 got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.

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

  • Gen 47:25
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    25They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

  • Gen 44:30-31
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    30“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

    31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 42:20
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    20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.

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

  • Gen 44:33
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    33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

  • Gen 45:27
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    27But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

  • Gen 27:18
    69%

    18He went to his father and said,“My father!” Isaac replied,“Here I am. Which are you, my son?”

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

  • Gen 37:7
    69%

    7There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”

  • Gen 46:29
    69%

    29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.