Genesis 43:28

Webster's Bible (1833)

They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

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  • Gen 37:7 : 7 for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
  • Exod 18:7 : 7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
  • 2 Sam 14:4 : 4 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
  • 1 Kgs 1:16 : 16 Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?
  • 2 Chr 24:17 : 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.
  • Gen 37:9-9 : 9 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me." 10 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"

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  • Gen 43:26-27
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    26When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

    27He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"

  • Gen 50:16-18
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    76%

    16They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,

    17"So you shall tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

    18His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."

  • Gen 43:29
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    29He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son."

  • Gen 43:7
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    7They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

  • Gen 45:3
    73%

    3Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

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

  • Gen 24:52
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    52It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

  • Gen 44:23-25
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    23You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'

    24It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

  • Gen 48:12
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    12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

  • Gen 33:3
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    3He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

  • Gen 24:26
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    26The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

  • Gen 43:14-15
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    14May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

    15The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 44:14
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    14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

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

    20We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'

    21You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

  • Gen 33:6-7
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    6Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.

    7Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

  • Gen 42:13
    71%

    13They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 42:6
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    6Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

  • Gen 23:7
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    7Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

  • Gen 43:2
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    2It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

  • Gen 47:25
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    25They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."

  • Gen 44:30-31
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    30Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's life;

    31it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.

  • Gen 42:20
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    20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.

  • Gen 45:25
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    25They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

  • Gen 44:33
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    33Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.

  • Gen 45:27
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    27They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.

  • Gen 27:18
    69%

    18He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

  • Gen 44:27
    69%

    27Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:

  • Gen 37:7
    69%

    7for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

  • Gen 46:29
    69%

    29Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

  • Gen 47:7
    69%

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