Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
Thy servant; by which expression delivered in Jacobs name, and by his order, Jacob himself made obeisance to him, as was foretold, Gen 37:9.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they answered, thy servant our father [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive,…. Which is an answer to both his questions; and by calling their father Joseph’s servant, he did obeisance to him in them, as well as by sending a present to him, which they delivered as coming from him his servant; and it is not improbable that Jacob sent his salutation to him as his servant, and so that part of the dream of Joseph’s was also fulfilled, which represented the sun doing obeisance to him, Ge 37:9:
and they bowed their heads, and made obeisance; a second time, as they did, no doubt, at every time they gave answer to Joseph’s questions; and this is again observed, to show the full completion of the above dream.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) They bowed down.This was the literal fulfilment of the first dream concerning the eleven sheaves making obeisance. As their business in Egypt was to buy corn, there was a fitness also in their being represented as sheaves.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘And they said, “Your servant, our father, is well, he is still alive.” And they bowed the head and made obeisance.’
The writer is stressing the fulfilment of the dreams. As they give a positive but deferential reply they again make full obeisance.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Gen 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.
Ver. 28. See Trapp on “ Gen 43:26 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
bowed down, &c. Compare Gen 37:7-10.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
bowed: Gen 43:26, Gen 37:7, Gen 37:9, Gen 37:10
made obeisance: Exo 18:7, 2Sa 1:2, 2Sa 14:4, 1Ki 1:16, 2Ch 24:17
Reciprocal: Gen 18:2 – bowed 1Sa 20:41 – and fell Pro 14:19 – General Mar 15:19 – and bowing
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 43:28. When they brought him the present, they bowed themselves before him, and again, when they gave him an account of their fathers health, they made obeisance, and called him, Thy servant, our father Thus were Josephs dreams fulfilled more and more; and even the father, by the sons, bowed before him. Probably Jacob had directed them, if they had occasion to speak of him to the man, the lord of the land, to call him his servant.