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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 33, Verse 6

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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 thy servant.
King James Version
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
American Standard Version
Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
New English Translation
The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.
World English Bible
Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
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And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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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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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
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And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
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Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took [it].
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And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
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And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender, and the flocks and herds with young [are] with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
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Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
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And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the folk that [are] with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
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So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.