Genesis 43:28
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And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
In other translations
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
Hebrew words
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- Genesis 43:26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
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- 2 Samuel 1:2It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
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