Genesis 33:2

And he set the concubines and their children first, and Leah and her children after, and Rahel and Joseph after them.

Targum Onkelos

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

1And Jakob lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men; and he divided the children with Leah, and with Rahel, and with the two concubines.

3And he passed over before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came nigh to his brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16And Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder Leah, and the name of the younger Rahel.

Genesis 30:22And the remembrance of Rahel came before the Lord, and the Lord received her prayer, and gave her to conceive.

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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