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Genesis 33:2

And he put ever either handmaid, and the free children of them, in the beginning, (or And he put the slave-girls, and their children, at the front); soothly he put Leah, and her sons, in the second place; forsooth he put Rachel and Joseph (at) the last.

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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

1Forsooth Jacob raised up his eyes, and saw Esau coming, and four hundred men with him; and he parted the sons of Leah, and of Rachel, and of both the servantesses, (or and he divided the children between Leah, and Rachel, and the two slave-girls).

3And Jacob went before (them), and worshipped lowly to the earth seven times (or and bowed low to the ground seven times), till his brother nighed.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:16Forsooth Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Leah, soothly the younger was called Rachel;

Genesis 30:22Also the Lord had mind on Rachel, and he heard her, and opened her womb. (And the Lord remembered Rachel, and he heard her prayers and pleadings, and opened her womb.)

Malachi 3:17And they shall be to me, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day in which I shall make, into a special treasure; and I shall spare them, as a man spareth his son serving to him. (And on that day that I shall make, or And on that day when I shall act, saith the Lord of hosts, they shall be my special treasure; and I shall spare them, like a man spareth his son who serveth him.)

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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