Genesis 33:1

וַיִּשָּׂא יַעֲקֹב עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה עֵשָׂו בָּא וְעִמּוֹ אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וַיַּחַץ אֶת ־ הַיְלָדִים עַל ־ לֵאָה וְעַל ־ רָחֵל וְעַל שְׁתֵּי הַשְּׁפָחֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת ־ הַשְּׁפָחוֹת וְאֶת ־ יַלְדֵיהֶן רִֽאשֹׁנָה וְאֶת ־ לֵאָה וִֽילָדֶיהָ אַחֲרֹנִים וְאֶת ־ רָחֵל וְאֶת ־ יוֹסֵף אַחֲרֹנִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 27:41וַיִּשְׂטֹם עֵשָׂו אֶֽת ־ יַעֲקֹב עַל ־ הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרֲכוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו בְּלִבּוֹ יִקְרְבוּ יְמֵי אֵבֶל אָבִי וְאַֽהַרְגָה אֶת ־ יַעֲקֹב אָחִֽי ׃

Genesis 32:7וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים אֶֽל ־ יַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר בָּאנוּ אֶל ־ אָחִיךָ אֶל ־ עֵשָׂו וְגַם הֹלֵךְ לִקְרָֽאתְךָ וְאַרְבַּע ־ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ עִמּֽוֹ ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:1

We read, in the former chapter, how Jacob had power with God, and prevailed; here we find what power he had with men too, and how his brother Esau was mollified, and, on a sudden, reconciled to him; for so it is written, Prov. xvi. 7 , "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Here is, I. A very friendly meeting between Jacob and Esau, ver. 1-4 . II. Their conference at their meeting, in which they vie with each other in civil and kind expressions. Their discourse is,… Read the whole commentary →

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