Genesis 33:3

And Jacob yede bifore, and worschipide lowli to erthe seuensithis, til his brothir neiyede.

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In The King James Version

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

In Context

2And he puttide euer either handmaide, and the fre children of hem, in the bigynnyng; sotheli he puttide Lia, and her sones, in the secounde place; forsothe he puttide Rachel and Joseph the laste.

4And so Esau ran ayens his brothir, and collide hym, and Esau helde his necke, and kisside, and wepte.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6And Joseph was prince of Egipt, and at his wille whetis weren seeld to puplis. And whanne hise britheren hadden worschipid hym,

Genesis 48:12And whanne Joseph hadde take hem fro `the fadris lappe, he worschipide lowe to erthe.

Luke 14:11For ech that enhaunsith hym, schal be lowid; and he that meketh hym, schal be hiyed.

John 10:11I am a good scheepherde; a good scheepherde yyueth his lijf for hise scheep.

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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