3He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.


In Context

1 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants.

2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.

3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with you?" he asked. Jacob answered, "They are the children God has graciously given your servant."

Genesis 33:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

33:3And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

33:3And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:3And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

33:3And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:3And he passed on before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, till he came near to his brother.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:3He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

33:3And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.