Genesis 33:3

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Gen 42:6 : 6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
  • Gen 18:2 : 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
  • 1 Sam 2:5 : 5 Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes.
  • Prov 6:3 : 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, Seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
  • Luke 14:11 : 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
  • John 10:4 : 4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
  • John 10:11-12 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
  • John 10:15 : 15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

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  • Gen 33:4-8
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    4Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

    5He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

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

    7Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

    8Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."

  • Gen 48:12
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    12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

  • Gen 43:26
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    26When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

  • Gen 44:14
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    14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

  • Gen 45:14-15
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    14He fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

    15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

  • Gen 42:6
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    6Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 50:18
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    18His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."

  • Gen 46:28-29
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    28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

    29Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

  • Gen 33:1-2
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    1Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and to the two handmaids.

    2He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

  • Gen 18:2
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    2He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

  • Gen 32:19-20
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    19He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.

    20You shall say, 'Not only that, but 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 50:1
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    1Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 32:17
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    17He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'

  • Gen 23:7
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    7Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

  • Gen 43:30
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    30Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought a place to weep; and he entered into his room, and wept there.

  • Gen 32:3
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    3Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

  • Gen 29:13
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    13It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

  • Gen 33:14-15
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    14Please let my lord pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir."

    15Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."

  • Gen 23:12
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    12Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 43:28
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    28They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

  • Gen 27:30
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    30It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

  • Gen 24:52
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    52It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

  • Gen 32:13
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    13He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother: