Genesis 33:2

And he put the maydens ad their childern formest ad Lea and hir childern after and Rahel ad Ioseph hindermost.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

1Iacob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come and with him.iiij. hundred men. And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto Rahel and vnto ye ij. maydens.

3And he went before them and fell on the grownde, vij. tymes vntill he came vnto his brother.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16And Laban had.ij. doughters the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel.

Genesis 30:22And God remebred Rahel herde her and made her frutefull:

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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