27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
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And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him;(for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-34)Here is, I. The great respect that Joseph’s brethren paid to him. When they brought him the present, they bowed themselves before him (Gen. 43:26); and again, when they gave him an account of their father’s health, they made obeisance , and called him, Thy servant our father , Gen. 43:28. Thus were Joseph’s dreams fulfilled more and more: and even the father, by the sons, bowed before him , accord…
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