Context 7Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down. 8And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I have met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord. 9But Esau said, I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own. 10Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably. 11Please take my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty. Thus he urged him and he took it. 12Then Esau said, Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you. 13But he said to him, My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die. 14Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir. 15Esau said, Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me. But he said, What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord. 16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. 17Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth. Jacob Settles in Shechem 18Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. 19He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechems father, for one hundred pieces of money. 20Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. Douay-Rheims Bible Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down. Darby Bible Translation And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed. English Revised Version And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. Webster's Bible Translation And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves; and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. World English Bible Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves. Young's Literal Translation and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves. Library Jesus Sets Out from Judæa for Galilee. Subdivision B. At Jacob's Well, and at Sychar. ^D John IV. 5-42. ^d 5 So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 and Jacob's well was there. [Commentators long made the mistake of supposing that Shechem, now called Nablous, was the town here called Sychar. Sheckem lies a mile and a half west of Jacob's well, while the real Sychar, now called 'Askar, lies scarcely half a mile north of the well. It was a small town, loosely called … J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Roman Pilgrimage: the Miracles which were Wrought in It. Genesis Links Genesis 33:7 NIV • Genesis 33:7 NLT • Genesis 33:7 ESV • Genesis 33:7 NASB • Genesis 33:7 KJV • Genesis 33:7 Bible Apps • Genesis 33:7 Parallel • Bible Hub |