Genesis 33:8

And Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near. And when they had reverenced similarly, last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.

9But he said, “I have plenty, my brother; let these be for yourself.”

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Cross References

Genesis 32:5I have oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and men servants, and women servants. And now I send an ambassador to my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

Genesis 32:13And when he had slept there that night, he separated, from the things that he had, gifts for his brother Esau:

Esther 2:17And the king loved her more than all the women, and she had favor and mercy in his eyes above all the women, and he set the royal crown on her head, and he made her queen instead of Vashti.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:6-16

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. 6 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. 9… Read the whole commentary →

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