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Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

Esau[a] then asked, “What did you intend[b] by sending all these herds to meet me?”[c] Jacob[d] replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.” But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:8 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 33:8 tn Heb “Who to you?”
  3. Genesis 33:8 tn Heb “all this camp which I met.”
  4. Genesis 33:8 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

Next, Leah and her children(A) came and bowed down.(B) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(C) and they too bowed down.

Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”(D)

“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,”(E) he said.

But Esau said, “I already have plenty,(F) my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”

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