Genesis 33:2

He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants.

3He 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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Cross References

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

Genesis 30:22God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

Malachi 3:17They shall be mine,” says the LORD of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares 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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