Genesis 33:8

וַיֹּאמֶר מִי לְךָ כָּל ־ הַמַּחֲנֶה הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר פָּגָשְׁתִּי וַיֹּאמֶר לִמְצֹא ־ חֵן בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

In Context

7וַתִּגַּשׁ גַּם ־ לֵאָה וִילָדֶיהָ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ וְאַחַר נִגַּשׁ יוֹסֵף וְרָחֵל וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ ׃

9וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו יֶשׁ ־ לִי רָב אָחִי יְהִי לְךָ אֲשֶׁר ־ לָֽךְ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 32:5וַיְצַו אֹתָם לֵאמֹר כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן לַֽאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו כֹּה אָמַר עַבְדְּךָ יַעֲקֹב עִם ־ לָבָן גַּרְתִּי וָאֵחַר עַד ־ עָֽתָּה ׃

Genesis 32:13וְאַתָּה אָמַרְתָּ הֵיטֵב אֵיטִיב עִמָּךְ וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶֽת ־ זַרְעֲךָ כְּחוֹל הַיָּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹֽב ׃

Esther 2:17וַיֶּאֱהַב הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־ אֶסְתֵּר מִכָּל ־ הַנָּשִׁים וַתִּשָּׂא ־ חֵן וָחֶסֶד לְפָנָיו מִכָּל ־ הַבְּתוּלֹת וַיָּשֶׂם כֶּֽתֶר ־ מַלְכוּת בְּרֹאשָׁהּ וַיַּמְלִיכֶהָ תַּחַת וַשְׁתִּֽי ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:6-16

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9… Read the whole commentary →

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