Genesis 33:5

After that Esau was looking around, truly he saw the women and children. “Who are these you are bringing?” “Those are the children God gave me.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Then Esau in response ran to him, there those two hugged each other. They were crying with each other, they saw each other with happiness.

6Then the two working women and their children came close, they bowed their heads down in front of Esau.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:2Jacob after that became angry with his wife. “Don't look at me. Truly I am not like God. God is the one who has prevented you from having a child.”

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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