"And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost." — Genesis 33:2

Genesis 33:2 · KJV

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

— Genesis 33:2

Verse 1

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

Verse 3

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

Genesis 33 — Context

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

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

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

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

Cross References

Genesis 30:22-24

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

Malachi 3:17

And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. {jewels: or, special treasure}

Genesis 29:30

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Genesis 37:3

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he {was} the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of {many} colours. {colours: or, pieces}