Genesis 33:1

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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  • Gen 32:6-7 : 6 And the messenrs returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
  • Gen 32:16 : 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
  • Gen 27:41-42 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younr son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

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  • Gen 32:6-8
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    6And the messenrs returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

    7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

    8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

  • Gen 33:2-8
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    2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

    3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

    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.

  • Gen 31:4-5
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    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

    5And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

  • Gen 32:3-4
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    3And Jacob sent messenrs before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

    4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

  • Gen 36:6
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    6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

  • Gen 32:19-20
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    19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

    20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

  • Gen 31:33
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    33And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

  • Gen 32:17
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    17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

  • Gen 33:15
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    15And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.