Genesis 33:3

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

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In The King James Version

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

In Context

2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6And Joseph—he was the governor over the land, it was he that sold corn to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down before him with the face to the earth.

Genesis 48:12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Proverbs 6:3[Then] do this by all means, my son, and deliver thyself, because thou art come into the power of thy friend, Go hasten to him, and urge thy friend.

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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