²⁷ He inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”^(A)

¹³ They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of a certain man in the land of Canaan; the youngest, however, is now with our father, and one is no more.”^(A)

¹⁰ he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him. Now Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. He sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze;^(A)

⁵ So David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

²² David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.

¹⁵ So they turned in that direction and came to the house of the young Levite at the home of Micah and greeted him.

⁷ So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed down and kissed him; each asked after the other’s welfare, and they went into the tent.^(A)

¹¹ We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants have never been spies.”

¹⁶ Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not I; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”^(A)

¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron.

He came to Shechem,^(A)