Genesis 33:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau came with four hundred men. So he divided the children to Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

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  • Gen 32:6-7 : 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, herds, and camels, into two groups;
  • Gen 32:16 : 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
  • Gen 27:41-42 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau, concerning you, comforts himself, planning to kill you.

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  • Gen 32:6-8
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    6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.

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

    8And said, If Esau comes to one group and attacks it, then the other group which is left shall escape.

  • Gen 33:2-8
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    2And he placed the maidservants and their children foremost, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.

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

    4And Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, 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 you? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant.

    6Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

    7And Leah also with her children came near and bowed themselves; and afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed themselves.

    8And he said, What do you mean by all this company 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 to his flock,

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

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

    4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob says this, I have lived with Laban, and stayed there until now:

  • Gen 36:6
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    6And Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the persons of his house, and his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had obtained in the land of Canaan; and he went into another land away from his brother Jacob.

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

    20And say moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept 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 he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

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

  • Gen 32:17
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    17And he commanded the first, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where are you going? and whose are these ahead of you?

  • Gen 33:15
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    15And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me. And he said, What need is there? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.