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Genesis 33:3
And he passed on before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, till he came near to his brother.
Genesis 33:3 · Webster Bible
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Genesis 33:3 in other translations
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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In context
1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed on before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, till he came near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5 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 to thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
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