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27 And he greeted them[a] and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?” 28 And they said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they knelt and bowed down. 29 Then he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, the son of his mother, and said, “Is this your youngest brother of whom you told me?” And he continued,[b] “God be gracious to you, my son.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 43:27 Literally “he asked peace for them”
  2. Genesis 43:29 Or “said”

27 He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father(A) you told me about? Is he still living?”(B)

28 They replied, “Your servant our father(C) is still alive and well.” And they bowed down,(D) prostrating themselves before him.(E)

29 As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son,(F) he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?”(G) And he said, “God be gracious to you,(H) my son.”

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