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


In Context

1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.

2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given to thy 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

33:3He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached 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 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.