Genesis 33:2

He put the slave-girls and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and her son Joseph in the rear.

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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

1When Jacob looked up, he saw Esau coming with four hundred men. So he divided the children between Leah and Rachel and the two slave-girls.

3Then Jacob himself went in front of them, and he bowed down to the ground seven times, as he drew near to his brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel and heard her prayer and gave her a child.

Malachi 3:17‘They will be mine,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘my special possession on that day that I am preparing. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves 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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