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Genesis 33:2
and put the handmaids and their children first,—and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;
Genesis 33:2 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Genesis 33:2 in other translations
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
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In context
1 Then Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! Esau, coming in,—and with him, four hundred men. So he divided the children—unto Leah and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids;
2 and put the handmaids and their children first,—and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;
3 but he himself, passed over before them, and bowed himself to the earth seven times, until he had come near unto his brother.
4 Then ran Esau to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,—and they wept.
5 Then lifted he up his eyes, and beheld the women and the children, and said What are these to thee? And he said—The children wherewith God hath favoured thy servant,
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