Genesis 33:6

Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

In Context

5And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant.

7Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down.

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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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