Genesis 33:5

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the nashim and the yeladim; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The yeladim which Elohim hath graciously given thy eved.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

4And Esav ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his tzavar (neck), and kissed him; and they wept.

6Then the shefachot came near, they and their yeladim, and they bowed themselves.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:2And af Ya'akov was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in place of Elohim, Who hath withheld from thee p'ri beten?

Ruth 4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his isha; and when he went in unto her, Hashem gave her conception, and she bore ben. + 4:13 See Isa 7:14

1 Chronicles 28:5And of all my banim, (for Hashem hath given me rabbim banim,) He hath chosen Sh'lomo beni (my son) to sit upon the kisse Malchut Hashem over Yisroel.

Isaiah 8:18Hinei, I and the yeladim whom Hashem hath given me are for otot and for mofetim + 8:18 See Zech 3:8 in Yisroel from Hashem Tzva'os, which dwelleth in Mount Tziyon.

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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