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Genesis 33:8

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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.

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Genesis 33:8 in other translations

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

Genesis 33:8 · World English Bible

Genesis 33:8 in context

  1. 6Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
  2. 7And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
  3. 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.
  4. 9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.
  5. 10And 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.