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Genesis 43:27
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
Genesis 43:27 · Berean Standard Bible
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Genesis 43:27 in other translations
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”
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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In context
24 And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
25 Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
27 He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
28 “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
30 Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
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