Genesis 43:27

And he asked them of their welfare ,.... Or "peace" F2 לשלום "ad pacem", Montanus, "de pace", Vatablus, Drusius, Piscator, Schmidt. , their prosperity, especially of the health of their bodies, whether they were well and in good health after so long a journey:

and said, is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake ? when they were with him before, and told him they were all the sons of one man, who dwelt in Canaan:

is he yet alive ? which he was very desirous of knowing; for, being advanced in years, he might fear he was removed by death in the time between their going and returning.