Genesis 33:2

He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

3And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 30:22Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

Malachi 3:17And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:2-5

Jacob's Interview with Esau. ( b. c. 1739.) 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. 2 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… Read the whole commentary →

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