Genesis 33:6
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
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,