Genesis 33:1
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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.Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
In other translations
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.Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
Hebrew words
וַיִּשָּׂאvaiyisa'and he lifted upH5375יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290עֵינָיו'einaveyes hisH5869וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and he sawH7200וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009עֵשָׂו'esavEsauH6215בָּאba'[was] comingH935וְעִמּוֹve'imoand [were] with himH5973אַרְבַּע'arba'fourH702מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967אִישׁ'ishmanH376וַיַּחַץvaiyachatzand he dividedH2673אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַיְלָדִיםhayladimthe childrenH3206עַל־'al-withH5921לֵאָהle'ahLeahH3812וְעַל־ve'al-and withH5921רָחֵלrachelRachelH7354וְעַלve'aland withH5921שְׁתֵּיshetei[the] twoH8147הַשְּׁפָחוֹת׃hashefachotthe maidservantsH8198
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Related verses
- Genesis 32:6-76 And the messengers 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;6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.” 7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
- Genesis 27:41-4241 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 younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given 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 When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
- Genesis 32:16And 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.He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
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