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Holman Bible
He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?”
New American Standard Bible
Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, “
King James Version
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
International Standard Version
Joseph asked them how they had been doing. "Is your father well, the older gentleman about whom you spoke?" he inquired. "Is he still alive?"
A Conservative Version
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
American Standard Version
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Amplified
He asked them about their well-being, and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
Bible in Basic English
And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?
Darby Translation
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
Julia Smith Translation
And he will ask them concerning peace, and he will say, Is it peace to your father, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet living?
King James 2000
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {he greeted them} and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"
Modern King James verseion
And he asked them as to their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he welcomed them courteously saying, "Is your father, that old man which ye told me of, in good health? And is he yet alive?"
NET Bible
He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, "Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?"
New Heart English Bible
He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"
The Emphasized Bible
Then asked he after their welfare, and said - Is it well with your aged father, of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Webster
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
World English Bible
He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"
Youngs Literal Translation
and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, 'Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 43:27
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Context Readings
A Feast At Joseph's Palace
26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him. 27 He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?” 28 They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
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Genesis 42:11
“We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.”
Genesis 42:13
But they replied, “We, your servants, were 12 brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now
Genesis 37:14
Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron,
Genesis 41:16
“I am not able to,”
Genesis 43:7
They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
Exodus 18:7
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down,
Judges 18:15
So they detoured there and went to the house of the young Levite at the home of Micah and greeted him.
1 Samuel 17:22
David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster
1 Samuel 25:5
so David sent 10 young men instructing them, “Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name.
1 Chronicles 18:10
he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Tou and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Hadoram brought all kinds of gold, silver, and bronze items.