Genesis 33:6

Then Jacob’s 2 working women and their kids, they came over to Esau, and they got down on their knees to show him respect.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

In Context

5Then Esau looked up, and he saw the women and their kids. Esau said, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob said, “These are my kids. God was very good to me, and he gave me these kids.”

7Then Leah and her kids, they did the same thing. They came over to Esau, and they got down on their knees. Then Rachel and her son Joseph, they came over and got down on their knees too.

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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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