Genesis 43:27-29

International Standard Version

²⁷ 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?”

²⁸ “Your servant, our father, is doing well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” Then they bowed down in humility.

²⁹ As Joseph looked up and recognized his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother about whom you spoke to me?” And he addressed him directly, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”^[a]