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Genesis 43:26
Genesis 43:26 is verse 26 of Genesis chapter 43, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
King James Version
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
World English Bible
When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to the earth before him.
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Genesis 43:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 43:28“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
Genesis 27:29May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
Genesis 37:7We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
Genesis 37:8“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
Genesis 37:9Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Genesis 37:10He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Genesis 37:19“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
Genesis 37:20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Psalms 72:9May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
Romans 14:11It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.