Genesis 43:27 He asked them how they were, and then he said, "How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?"

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New International Version
He asked them how they were, and then he said, "How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?"

English Standard Version
And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

New American Standard Bible
Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, "Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"

King James Bible
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He asked if they were well, and he said, "How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still 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?"

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?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he, courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom uou told me? Is he yet living?

Darby Bible 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?

Young's 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?'

Cross References

Genesis 43:7
And they said, The man asked us straightly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have you another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

Genesis 45:3
And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18. the men were afraid—Their feelings of awe on entering the stately mansion, unaccustomed as they were to houses at all, their anxiety at the reasons of their being taken there, their solicitude about the restored money, their honest simplicity in communicating their distress to the steward and his assurances of having received their money in "full weight," the offering of their fruit present, which would, as usual, be done with some parade, and the Oriental salutations that passed between their host and them—are all described in a graphic and animated manner.