Genesis 33:6

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5After 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.”

7After that Leah and her children came close, they also bowed their heads down in front of Esau. Then Rachel and her child Joseph also came close, they also bowed their heads down in front of Esau.

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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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