Parallel Verses
King James Version
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
New American Standard Bible
He put the maids and their children
Holman Bible
He put the female slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
International Standard Version
Then he positioned the women servants and their children first, then Leah and her children next, and then Rachel and Joseph after them.
A Conservative Version
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
American Standard Version
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Amplified
He put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
Bible in Basic English
He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
Darby Translation
and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
Julia Smith Translation
And he set the maids and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
King James 2000
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he put the female slaves and their children first, then Leah and her children next, then Rachel with Joseph last.
Modern King James verseion
And he put the slave women and their children first, and Leah and her children afterward, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he put the maidens and their children foremost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
NET Bible
He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
New Heart English Bible
He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
The Emphasized Bible
and put the handmaids and their children first, - and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;
Webster
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
World English Bible
He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Themes
Children » Parents, duty to » Partiality toward
Conscience » Instances of » Of jacob, after he defrauded esau
Home » Parental indulgence » Partiality of parents
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's favorite child
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Partiality
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 33:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Meets Esau And Settles At Shechem
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. 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 over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Cross References
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 30:22-24
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
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.
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.