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Genesis 43:27
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KJ21
And he asked them of their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?”
ASV
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
AMP
He asked them about their well-being, and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
AMPC
He asked them of their welfare and said, Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?
BRG
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
CSB
He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?”
CSBA
He asked if they were well, and he said, ‘How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive? ’
CEB
He asked them how they were and said, “How is your elderly father, about whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
CJB
He asked them how they were and inquired, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
CEV
After Joseph had asked how they were, he said, “What about your elderly father? Is he still alive?”
DARBY
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well—the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
DRA
But he, courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet living?
ERV
Joseph asked them how they were doing. Then he said, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
EASY
Joseph asked them if they were well. Then he said, ‘You told me last time about your old father. How is he? Is he still alive?’
EHV
He asked them about their welfare: “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
ESV
And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
ESVUK
And he enquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
EXB
Joseph asked them how they were doing. He said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
GNV
And he asked them of their prosperity, and said, Is your father the old man, of whom ye told me, in good health? is he yet alive?
GW
He asked them how they were. Then he said, “You told me about your elderly father. How is he? Is he still alive?”
GNT
He asked about their health and then said, “You told me about your old father—how is he? Is he still alive and well?”
HCSB
He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?”
ICB
Joseph asked them how they were doing. He said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
ISV
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?”
JUB
And he asked them of their welfare and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
KJV
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
AKJV
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
LSB
And he asked them about their well-being and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
LEB
And he greeted them and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
TLB
He asked how they had been getting along. “And how is your father—the old man you spoke about? Is he still alive?”
MSG
Joseph welcomed them and said, “And your old father whom you mentioned to me, how is he? Is he still alive?”
MEV
He asked them about their well-being and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
NOG
He asked them how they were. Then he said, “You told me about your elderly father. How is he? Is he still alive?”
NABRE
After inquiring how they were, he asked them, “And how is your aged father, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
NASB
Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
NASB1995
Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
NCB
He asked them how they were and said, “How is your aged father, the one about whom you have spoken? Is he still alive?”
NCV
Joseph asked them how they were doing. He said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
NET
He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, “Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”
NIRV
He asked them how they were. Then he said, “How is your old father you told me about? Is he still living?”
NIV
He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?”
NIVUK
He asked them how they were, and then he said, ‘How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?’
NKJV
Then he asked them about their well-being, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
NLV
Then Joseph asked them about their well-being. He said, “Is your father well, the old man you spoke about? Is he still alive?”
NLT
After greeting them, he asked, “How is your father, the old man you spoke about? Is he still alive?”
NRSVA
He inquired about their welfare, and said, ‘Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?’
NRSVACE
He inquired about their welfare, and said, ‘Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?’
NRSVCE
He inquired about their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
NRSVUE
He inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
OJB
And he asked them l’shalom (about their welfare), and said, Is there shalom with avichem, the zaken of whom ye spoke? Is he still alive?
RGT
And he asked them about their well-being, and said, “Is your father, the old man of whom you told me, in good health? Is he still alive?”
RSV
And he inquired about their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
RSVCE
And he inquired about their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
TLV
Then he asked if they were well, and said, “Is he well—your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?”
VOICE
This time he greeted them warmly. Joseph: Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?
WEB
He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”
WYC
And he greeted them again meekly; and he asked them, and said, Whether your father, the eld man, is safe, of whom ye said to me? liveth he yet? (And he meekly greeted them; and he asked them, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke to me? yet he liveth?)
YLT
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?'
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