Genesis 43:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? And he asked them of their welfare - This verse may be thus translated: "And he asked them concerning their prosperity; and he said, is your father prosperous, the old man who ye told me was alive? And they said, Thy servant our father prospers; he is yet alive."