Genesis 43:27

Joseph’s Hospitality to His Brothers

26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.27He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”

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Berean Standard Bible
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
American Standard Version (1901)
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Bible in Basic English
And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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?
Free Bible Version
He asked how they were, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father doing that you spoke of? Is he still alive?”
Geneva Bible 1599
And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?
King James (Authorized) 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?
One Unity Resource Bible
He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”
Translation for Translators
He asked them if they were ◄well/in good health►, and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
He asked them about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
Noah Webster Bible
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
World English Bible
He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you 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?'