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Genesis 33:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 33 · verse 6
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.Genesis 33:6 · King James Version
Genesis 33:6 in context
4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5And 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.
6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- handmaidensshiphchâha female slaveH8198 →
- childrenyeledsomething bornH3206 →
- nearnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
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We have here the discourse between the two brothers at their meeting, which is very free and friendly, without the least intimation of the old quarrel. It was the best way to say nothing of it. They converse, I. About Jacob's retinue, Gen 33:5-7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-15