Genesis 33:2

Then he put the female servants and their children in front, followed by Leah and her children, and followed by Rachel and Joseph last of all.

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And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

In Context

1Jacob looked up and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. Jacob divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.

3He himself went on ahead of them. He bowed toward the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 30:22God called Rachel to mind and listened to her. He caused her to become pregnant.

Malachi 3:17“They will be mine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “my own treasured possession, on the day that I act. I will pity them, as a man pities his own son who serves him.

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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