Genesis 43:26
New International Version
When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.

New Living Translation
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought him, then bowed low to the ground before him.

English Standard Version
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground.

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 Bible
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.

New King James Version
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down before him to the earth.

New American Standard Bible
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the gift which was in their hand, and they bowed down to the ground before him.

NASB 1995
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.

NASB 1977
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joseph came home, and they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.

Amplified Bible
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present [of tribute] which they had with them and bowed to the ground before him.

Christian Standard Bible
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him.

American Standard Version
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yoseph entered the house and they brought the gift that was in their hands to the house and they bowed to him on the ground.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Joseph entered into the house, and they brought him the gifts which they had in their hands, into the house; and they did him reverence with their face to the ground.

Contemporary English Version
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought, and they bowed down to him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Joseph came into his house, and they offered him the presents holding them in their hands, and they bowed down with their face to the ground.

English Revised Version
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought to the house. Then they bowed to him with their faces touching the ground.

Good News Translation
When Joseph got home, they took the gifts into the house to him and bowed down to the ground before him.

International Standard Version
When Joseph arrived at his palace, his brothers brought to him their gifts that they had carried with them and bowed to the ground in front of him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down to him to the earth.

Literal Standard Version
And Joseph comes into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

Majority Standard Bible
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

New American Bible
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, while they bowed down before him to the ground.

NET Bible
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.

New Revised Standard Version
When Joseph came home, they brought him the present that they had carried into the house, and bowed to the ground before him.

New Heart English Bible
When Joseph came home, they prepared the gift they had brought with them into the house, and bowed themselves down to him with their face to the ground.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

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Context
Joseph's Hospitality to His Brothers
25Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon. 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?”…

Cross References
Genesis 33:3
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Genesis 37:7
We 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 37:10
He 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 43:11
Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man--a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Exodus 18:7
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

bowed.

Genesis 43:28
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Genesis 27:29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Genesis 37:7-10,19,20
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf…

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Verse 26. - And when Joseph came home (after the dispatch of public business), they brought him the present which was m their hand (vide ver. 11) into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. Thus they fulfilled the dream of the sheaves (Genesis 37:7; cf. Genesis 18:2; Genesis 19:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When Joseph
יוֹסֵף֙ (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

came
וַיָּבֹ֤א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

home,
הַבַּ֔יְתָה (hab·bay·ṯāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

they presented
וַיָּבִ֥יאּוּ (way·yā·ḇî’·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

him
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

with the gifts
הַמִּנְחָ֥ה (ham·min·ḥāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

they had brought,
בְּיָדָ֖ם (bə·yā·ḏām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3027: A hand

and they bowed
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־ (way·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

to the ground before him.
אָֽרְצָה׃ (’ā·rə·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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