He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”
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He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”
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And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
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And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?'
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Passages linked to Genesis 43:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 42:13 They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”
- Genesis 37:14 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Genesis 41:16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
- Genesis 42:11 We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
- Exodus 18:7 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.
- Judges 18:15 They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.
- 1 Samuel 17:22 David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
- 1 Samuel 25:5 David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou); and he had with him all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.
- Genesis 43:7 They 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?’ ”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, peace.
Hebrew, peace.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 43:27 And he asked them of [their] welfare,…
Gen 43:27 And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he yet alive?
Ver. 27. And he asked them of their welfare.] Heb., Of their peace; which is a comprehensive, voluminous mercy.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they answered, thy servant our father is in…
And they answered, thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive,.... Which is an answer to both his questions; and by calling their father Joseph's servant, he did obeisance to him in them, as well as by sending a present to him, which they delivered as coming from him his servant; and it is not improbable that Jacob sent his salutation to him as his servant, and so that part of the dream of Joseph's was also fulfilled, which represented the sun doing obeisance to him, Gen 37:9,
and they bowed their heads, and made obeisance; a second time, as they did, no doubt, at every time they gave answer to Joseph's questions; and this is again observed, to show the full completion of the above dream.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 27. And he asked them of their welfare]…
Verse 27. And he asked them of their welfare] This verse may be thus translated: "And he asked them concerning their prosperity; and he said, is your father prosperous, the old man who ye told me was alive? And they said, Thy servant our father prospers; he is yet alive."
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. of their welfare] Lit. “as to their peace.”
27. of their welfare] Lit. “as to their peace.”
Is your father well] Lit. “is there peace [to] your father.” 2Sa_20:9, “Is it well with thee,” lit. = “Art thou peace, my brother?” Psa_120:7, “I am [for] peace.” The word shâlôm in these passages is a substantive, i.e. “peace,” “health,” “welfare”: cf. Gen_29:6, Gen_37:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he asked them of their welfare (literally, peace),…
And he asked them of their welfare (literally, peace), and said, Is your father well (literally, Is there peace to your father?), the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
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