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Genesis 33:2-4
New English Translation

2 He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.[a] 3 But Jacob[b] himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached[c] his brother. 4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

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  1. Genesis 33:2 sn This kind of ranking according to favoritism no doubt fed the jealousy over Joseph that later becomes an important element in the narrative. It must have been painful to the family to see that they were expendable.
  2. Genesis 33:3 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Genesis 33:3 tn Heb “until his drawing near unto his brother.” The construction uses the preposition with the infinitive construct to express a temporal clause.
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