And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
WEB
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
YLT
and they say, `Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.
DBT
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)