Genesis 33:3
He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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4Esau [Hairy] ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6Joseph [May he add] was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph [May he add]’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 48:12Joseph [May he add] brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Proverbs 6:3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, 2 since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. 2 Go, humble yourself. 2 Press your plea with your neighbor. 1
Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
John 10:11+ 10:11 (+14-15) MP: Good Shepherd’s characteristics. (Ps 23:1) Ena Na [I AM (the Living God)] + 10:11. MP: God will raise up a person representing David to shepherd his people, He is a Shepard and Prince before God. (Eze 34:23-24) the good shepherd. + 10:11. MP: Messiah is likened to a Shepherd. (Is 40:11) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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 →