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Genesis 33:2

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1 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.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they 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

    And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

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  • Genesis 30:22–24

    And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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  • Genesis 37:3

    Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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  • Genesis 29:30

    And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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