Genesis 33:2

And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia, and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids:

3And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16Now he had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lia: and the younger was called Richel.

Genesis 30:22The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb.

Malachi 3:17And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his 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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