8And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.


In Context

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

7 And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

8 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.

9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.

10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Genesis 33:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:8And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

33:8Esau asked, "What do you mean by all these droves I met?" "To find favor in your eyes, my lord," he said.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

33:8And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favor before my lord.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:8And he said, What meanest thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

33:8And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find grace in the sight of my lord.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:8And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:8Esau said, |What do you mean by all this company which I met?| Jacob said, |To find favor in the sight of my lord.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

33:8And 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:8And he said, What mean you by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.