²⁶ When Joseph came home,^(A) they presented to him the gifts^(B) they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.^{(C) 27} He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father^(D) you told me about? Is he still living?”^(E)

²⁸ They replied, “Your servant our father^(F) is still alive and well.” And they bowed down,^(G) prostrating themselves before him.^(H)