27 He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?” 28 “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him. 29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
Genesis 43:27–29
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