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Jacob Meets Esau

Genesis 33:2

In 11 translations

BSB
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
KJV
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
WEB
He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
ASV
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
LSV
and he sets the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
YLT
and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
DBY
and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
DRC
And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.
GNV
And he put the maides, and their children formost, and Leah, and her children after, and Rahel, and Ioseph hindermost.
JPS
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
LXXE
And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֧שֶׂם אֶת־הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת וְאֶת־יַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְאֶת־לֵאָ֤ה וִֽילָדֶ֨יהָ֙ אַחֲרֹנִ֔ים וְאֶת־רָחֵ֥ל וְאֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף אַחֲרֹנִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔθετο τὰς δύο παιδίσκας καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν πρώτοις, καὶ Λείαν καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτῆς ὀπίσω, καὶ Ῥαχὴλ καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ἐσχάτους.

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  • Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
  • Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
  • Genesis 29:30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
  • Genesis 30:22–24Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another…

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