Genesis 43:26
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New International Version (©2011)
When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought him, then bowed low to the ground before him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When Joseph arrived at his palace, his brothers brought to him their gifts that they had carried with them and bowed to the ground in front of him.

NET Bible (©2006)
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought to the house. Then they bowed to him with their faces touching the ground.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And 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.

American King James Version
And 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.

American Standard Version
And 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Joseph came into his house, and they offered him the presents holding them in their hands, and they bowed down with their face to the ground.

Darby Bible Translation
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

English Revised Version
And 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

World English Bible
When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

43:26-34 Observe the great respect Joseph's brethren paid to him. Thus were Joseph's dreams more and more fulfilled. Joseph showed great kindness to them. He treated them nobly; but see here the early distance between Jews and gentiles. In a day of famine, it is enough to be fed; but they were feasted. Their cares and fears were now over, and they ate their bread with joy, reckoning they were upon good terms with the lord of the land. If God accept our works, our present, we have reason to be cheerful. Joseph showed special regard for Benjamin, that he might try whether his brethren would envy him. It must be our rule, to be content with what we have, and not to grieve at what others have. Thus Jesus shows those whom he loves, more and more of their need. He makes them see that he is their only refuge from destruction. He overcomes their unwillingness, and brings them to himself. Then, as he sees good, he gives them some taste of his love, and welcomes them to the provisions of his house, as an earnest of what he further intends for them.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 26. - And when Joseph came home (after the dispatch of public business), they brought him the present which was m their hand (vide ver. 11) into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. Thus they fulfilled the dream of the sheaves (Genesis 37:7; cf. Genesis 18:2; Genesis 19:1).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Joseph came home,.... In order to dine, it being noontime:

they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house; everyone took a part of it in his hand, and brought it to Joseph in the parlour where he was, and delivered it to him as a present from their father, or from themselves, or it may be as from both:

and bowed themselves to him to the earth; in the most prostrate and humble manner, now again fulfilling his dream, and more completely than before, for now all his eleven brethren were together, signified by the eleven stars in the dream, that made obeisance to him, see Genesis 37:9.

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Joseph's Hospitality to his Brothers
…25And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. 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. 27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive? …

Genesis 33:3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
Genesis 37:7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it."
Genesis 37:10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?"
Genesis 43:11 Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift--a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
Exodus 18:7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.