Genesis 33:6
4 Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
7 Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
8 “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
- KJV
- Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
- WEB
- Then the servants came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
- ASV
- Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
- DARBY
- And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.
- BLB
- And the maidservants came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
- ÅB
- Så gikk slavekvinnene fram med sine barn og bøyde seg,
- OTB
- Da kom tjenestekvinnene og deres barn frem og bøyde seg.
- B1930
- Så gikk trælkvinnene frem med sine barn og bøide sig,