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Genesis 33:1

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Fear
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

3 But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

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BSB
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
KJV
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
WEB
Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants.
ASV
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
DARBY
And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:
BLB
And Jacob lifted up his eyes and he saw, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two maidservants.
ÅB
Da Jakob så opp, fikk han se Esau som kom med fire hundre mann. Da delte han barna mellom Lea og Rakel og begge slavekvinnene,
OTB
Jakob løftet blikket og så Esau nærme seg med fire hundre menn. Han delte barna mellom Lea, Rakel og de to tjenestekvinnene.
B1930
Da Jakob så op, fikk han se Esau som kom med fire hundre mann. Da delte han barna mellem Lea og Rakel og begge trælkvinnene,

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  • Genesis 32:6–7

    When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

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  • Genesis 27:41–42

    Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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  • Genesis 32:16

    He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

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