Genesis 33:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • Gen 32:5 : 5 And I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.
  • Gen 32:13-20 : 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of what came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten foals. 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. 17 And 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? 18 Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and behold, he is also behind us. 19 And 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. 20 And 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 39:5 : 5 And from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.
  • Esth 2:17 : 17 And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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  • Gen 33:9-15
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    9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.

    10And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present from my hand; for therefore I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

    11Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

    12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.

    13And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

    14Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant, and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that go before me and the children are able to endure, until I come to my lord in Seir.

    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.

  • Gen 33:5-7
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    81%

    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.

  • Gen 32:3-6
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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:

    5And I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.

    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.

  • Gen 32:16-20
    5 verses
    79%

    16And 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.

    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?

    18Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and behold, he is also behind us.

    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 33:3
    77%

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

  • Gen 30:29-31
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    29He said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your cattle have been with me."

    30"For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you since my coming. Now, when shall I provide for my own house also?"

    31He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

  • Gen 33:1
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    1And 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.

  • Gen 37:16
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    16And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.

  • Gen 48:8
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    8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

  • Gen 32:8
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    8And said, If Esau comes to one group and attacks it, then the other group which is left shall escape.

  • Gen 31:5
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    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 43:29
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    29And he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son.

  • Gen 31:12
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    12And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are streaked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.