Genesis 33:2
What does Genesis 33:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 33:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
Context
v.1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
v.2This passage
v.3And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.
- Genesis 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 30:22
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Malachi 3:17
And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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