⁶ Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?”

“Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel^(A) with the sheep.^(B)”

⁹ Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

⁵ So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.

²² David left his things with the keeper of supplies,^(A) ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.

⁷ So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down^(A) and kissed^(B) him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.

²⁷ He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father^(A) you told me about? Is he still living?”^(B)

¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers^(A) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.^(B)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem,