Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 33:8
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“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
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And 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.
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Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”
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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
6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
7 Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
8 “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
10 But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
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