7 Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down. 8 “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered. 9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
Genesis 33:7–9
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Genesis 33:14–16
14 Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.” 15 “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find fa…
Genesis 32:17–19
17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’ 18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. A…
Genesis 33:2–4
2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. 3 But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. 4 Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, thr…
Genesis 27:37–39
37 But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my fath…
Genesis 43:28–30
28 “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him. 29 When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he dec…
Genesis 48:8–10
8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?” 9 Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.” 10 Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he…
Genesis 27:17–19
17 Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made. 18 So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?” 19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Plea…
Genesis 32:5–7
5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’” 6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet y…
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