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Genesis 33:2

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1 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.

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.

4 Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

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BSB
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
KJV
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
WEB
He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
ASV
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
DARBY
and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
BLB
And he put the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind [them], and Rachel and Joseph behind [them].
ÅB
og han satte slavekvinnene med sine barn fremst og Lea med sine barn bakenfor dem og Rakel med Josef bakerst.
OTB
Han plasserte tjenestekvinnene og deres barn foran, Lea og hennes barn etter, og Rakel og Josef bakerst.
B1930
og han satte trælkvinnene med sine barn fremst og Lea med sine barn bakenfor dem og Rakel med Josef bakerst.

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Cross references

  • Malachi 3:17

    “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

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  • Genesis 30:22–24

    Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

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  • Genesis 37:3

    Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

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  • Genesis 29:30

    Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

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