Genesis 43:27

of their welfare Lit. "as to their peace."

Is your father well Lit. "is there peace [to] your father." 2 Samuel 20:9, "Is it well with thee," lit. = "Art thou peace, my brother?" Psalms 120:7, "I am [for] peace." The word shâlômin these passages is a substantive, i.e. "peace," "health," "welfare": cf. Genesis 29:6; Genesis 37:4.