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Genesis 33:3
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Jacob and Esau Meet

1 Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, aEsau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.  
2 And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 Then he crossed over before them and abowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.  
4 aBut Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, band fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.  
5 And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So he said, “The children awhom God has graciously given your servant.”  
6 Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and bowed down.
7 And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.
8 Then Esau said, “What do you mean by aall this company which I met?” And he said, “These are bto find favor in the sight of my lord.”  
9 But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”
10 And Jacob said, “No, please, if I ahave now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.  
11 Please, take amy blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt bgraciously with me, and because I have1 enough.” cSo he urged him, and he took it.  
12 Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.”
13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die.
Verse Comparison: Genesis 33:3

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American Standard Version
And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Amplified® Bible
Then Jacob went over [the stream] before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob himself walked in front of them all, bowing to the ground seven times as he came near his brother.

Darby English Version
And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Good News Bible
Jacob went ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

King James Version
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

New American Standard Bible
But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

New International Version
He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

New King James Version
Then he crossed over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Revised Standard Version
He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Young's Literal Translation
And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,


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