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Genesis 33:11Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 32:6-7Gen 27:41-42Gen 32:16

Genesis 33:22He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 29:30Gen 30:22-24Gen 37:3Mal 3:17

Genesis 33:33But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 42:6Gen 18:2Luke 14:11Gen 43:261 Sam 2:5Eccl 10:4John 10:11-12John 10:15John 10:4Prov 6:3

Genesis 33:44But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 45:14-15Ps 34:4Luke 15:20Gen 32:28Acts 20:37Gen 45:2Gen 46:29Gen 43:30Job 2:12Neh 1:11

Genesis 33:55When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 127:3Isa 8:18Gen 48:91 Chr 28:51 Sam 1:27Gen 30:2Heb 2:13Ruth 4:13

Genesis 33:66The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 33:77Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 33:88Esau then asked, “What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 32:5Esth 2:17Gen 32:13-20Gen 39:5

Genesis 33:99But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 27:39Phlm 1:7Acts 21:20Acts 9:17Eccl 4:8Gen 27:41Gen 4:9Judg 20:23Phlm 1:16Prov 16:7

Genesis 33:1010“No, please take them,” Jacob said. “If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 33:26Rev 22:4Gen 32:30Jer 31:21 Sam 20:32 Sam 14:242 Sam 14:282 Sam 14:322 Sam 3:13Exod 33:12-13

Genesis 33:1111Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:27Phil 4:182 Kgs 5:23Gen 30:43Gen 33:91 Cor 3:211 Sam 30:261 Tim 4:82 Cor 6:102 Cor 9:5-6

Genesis 33:1212Then Esau said, “Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 33:1313But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:11Ezek 34:15-161 Chr 22:5Ezek 34:23-25John 21:15-17Prov 12:10

Genesis 33:1414Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 32:3Isa 40:11Rom 15:12 Chr 20:10Deut 2:1Ezek 25:8Ezek 35:2-3Judg 5:4Mark 4:331 Cor 3:2

Genesis 33:1515So Esau said, “Let me leave some of my men with you.” “Why do that?” Jacob replied. “My lord has already been kind enough to me.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ruth 2:13Gen 34:11Gen 47:251 Sam 25:82 Sam 16:4

Genesis 33:1616So that same day Esau made his way back to Seir.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 33:1717But Jacob traveled to Sukkoth where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called Sukkoth.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 13:27Judg 8:5Ps 60:6Judg 8:16Judg 8:81 Kgs 7:46Exod 12:37Exod 13:20Judg 8:14

Genesis 33:1818After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:16Josh 24:1Judg 9:1Gen 25:20John 4:5Gen 28:2Gen 28:6-7Gen 35:9Gen 46:15John 3:23

Genesis 33:1919Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 pieces of money.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:16John 4:5Josh 24:32Gen 23:17-20Gen 34:2-31Gen 49:30-32

Genesis 33:2020There he set up an altar and called it “The God of Israel is God.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 21:33Gen 35:7Gen 32:28Gen 12:7-8Gen 13:18Gen 8:20

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