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27 He asked how they had been getting along. “And how is your father—the old man you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

28 “Yes,” they replied. “He is alive and well.” Then again they bowed before him.

29 Looking at his brother Benjamin,[a] he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about? How are you, my son? God be gracious to you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 43:29 his brother Benjamin, literally, “his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son.”

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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