Genesis 33:8

Esau asked, ‘What do you mean by all this company which I met?’ Jacob answered, ‘To win your friendship, my lord.’

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Leah and her children also came and bowed down, and afterward Joseph and Rachel came up and bowed down before Esau.

9Esau said, ‘I have enough, my brother; keep what you have.’

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Cross References

Genesis 32:5I have oxen and donkeys, flocks and male and female slaves, and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may win your favour.”’

Genesis 32:13After spending the night there, Jacob took from his livestock as a present for his brother Esau,

Esther 2:17And the king loved her more than all the other women, and she became his favourite and won his affection. He placed the royal diadem on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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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