Genesis 33:3

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

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

In Context

2And he set the concubines and their children first, and Leah and her children after, and Rahel and Joseph after them.

4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6And Joseph, who was ruler over the land, was he who sold the corn to all the people of the earth. And the brothers of Joseph came, and bowed before him with their faces upon the ground.

Genesis 48:12And Joseph led them from before him, and worshipped with his face on the earth.

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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