Genesis 33:8

In 11 translations

BSB

“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

KJV

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.What…: Heb. What is all this band to thee?

WEB

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

ASV

And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

LSV

And he says, “What to you [is] all this camp which I have met?” And he says, “To find grace in the eyes of my lord.”

YLT

And he saith, 'What to thee [is] all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, 'To find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

DBY

And he said, What [meanest] thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.

DRC

And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.

GNV

Then he said, What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? Who answered, I haue sent it, that I may finde fauour in the sight of my lorde:

JPS

And he said: 'What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?' And he said: 'To find favour in the sight of my lord.'

LXXE

And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֥י לְךָ֛ כָּל־הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּי וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לִמְצֹא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε, τί ταῦτά σοι ἐστὶν, πᾶσαι αἱ παρεμβολαὶ αὗται, αἷς ἀπήντηκα; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ἵνα εὕρῃ ὁ παῖς σου χάριν ἐναντίον σου, κύριε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 32:5I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
• Esther 2:17And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
• Genesis 32:13–20Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau: 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20…
• Genesis 39:5From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his…

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