Genesis 33:3
“And hee passed ouer before them, and bowed himselfe to the ground seuen times, vntill hee came neere to his brother.”
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Genesis 33:3 Context
1And Iacob lifted vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and with him foure hundreth men: and hee diuided the children vnto Leah, and vnto Rachel, and vnto the two handmaids. 2And he put the handmaides, and their chidren foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost. 3And hee passed ouer before them, and bowed himselfe to the ground seuen times, vntill hee came neere to his brother. 4And Esau ran to meete him, and imbraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept. 5And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and said, who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously giuen thy seruant.
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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.
- King James Version
But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- New American Standard Version (1995)