Genesis 33:3

וְהוּא עָבַר לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַרְצָה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים עַד ־ גִּשְׁתּוֹ עַד ־ אָחִֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

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

4וַיָּרָץ עֵשָׂו לִקְרָאתוֹ וַֽיְחַבְּקֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל עַל ־ צַוָּארָו וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ וַיִּבְכּֽוּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6וְיוֹסֵף הוּא הַשַּׁלִּיט עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ הוּא הַמַּשְׁבִּיר לְכָל ־ עַם הָאָרֶץ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֲחֵי יוֹסֵף וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ ־ לוֹ אַפַּיִם אָֽרְצָה ׃

Genesis 48:12וַיּוֹצֵא יוֹסֵף אֹתָם מֵעִם בִּרְכָּיו וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְאַפָּיו אָֽרְצָה ׃

Proverbs 6:3עֲשֵׂה זֹאת אֵפוֹא ׀ בְּנִי וְֽהִנָּצֵל כִּי בָאתָ בְכַף ־ רֵעֶךָ לֵךְ הִתְרַפֵּס וּרְהַב רֵעֶֽיךָ ׃

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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