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Read Full Chapter (Genesis 33) Genesis 33:6-8 KJV
"Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord."
Genesis 33:6-8 in Context (Verses 3–11 KJV)
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And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.*
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Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
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And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.*
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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.*
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And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
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Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.*