Genesis 33:2

and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

Darby Translation

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

1And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:

3And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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Cross References

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

Genesis 30:22And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

Malachi 3:17And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

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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