Genesis 33:6

Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.

Translation for Translators

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 saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.”

7Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.

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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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