Genesis 33:2

and he sets the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Literal Standard Version

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 lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divides the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants;

3And he himself passed over before them, and bows himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing near to his brother,

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16And Laban has two daughters, the name of the older [is] Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

Genesis 30:22And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,

Malachi 3:17And they have been to Me,” said YHWH of Hosts, || “In the day that I am appointing—a peculiar treasure, || And I have had pity on them, || As one has pity on his son who is serving 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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