Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down. Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.

Esau asked, ‘What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?’

‘To find favour in your eyes, my lord,’ he said.

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Then the female servants and their children(A) approached and bowed down.(B) Next, Leah and her children(C) came and bowed down.(D) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(E) and they too bowed down.

Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”(F)

“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,”(G) he said.

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Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

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.

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Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down. Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down. And last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down. Esau said, “What do you mean by (A)all this company[a] that I met?” Jacob answered, (B)“To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:8 Hebrew camp