Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down. New Living Translation Then the servant wives came forward with their children and bowed before him. English Standard Version Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down. Berean Standard Bible Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. King James Bible Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. New King James Version Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and bowed down. New American Standard Bible Then the slave women came forward with their children, and they bowed down. NASB 1995 Then the maids came near with their children, and they bowed down. NASB 1977 Then the maids came near with their children, and they bowed down. Legacy Standard Bible Then the servant-women came near with their children, and they bowed down. Amplified Bible Then the maids approached with their children, and they bowed down. Christian Standard Bible Then the slaves and their children approached him and bowed down. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the female slaves and their children approached him and bowed down. American Standard Version Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. Contemporary English Version Then the two servant women and their children came and bowed down to Esau. English Revised Version Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the slaves and their children came forward and bowed down. Good News Translation Then the concubines came up with their children and bowed down; International Standard Version Then the women servants approached, accompanied by their children, and bowed low. Majority Standard Bible Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. NET Bible The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down. New Heart English Bible Then the female servants came forward with their children, and they bowed themselves. Webster's Bible Translation Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. World English Bible Then the servants came near with their children, and they bowed themselves. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the maidservants draw near, they and their children, and bow themselves; Young's Literal Translation And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves; Smith's Literal Translation And the maids will draw near, they and their children, and they will bow themselves. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThen the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down. New American Bible Then the maidservants and their children came forward and bowed low; New Revised Standard Version Then the maids drew near, they and their children, and bowed down; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen the maids drew near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And those Maidservants came near and their children and they bowed. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Meets Esau…5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.” 6Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. 7Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.… Cross References Genesis 32:22-23 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. / He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions. Genesis 30:1-2 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?” Genesis 31:17-18 Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels, / and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan. Genesis 29:31-35 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. / And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.” / Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon. ... Genesis 35:23-26 The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. / The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. / The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. ... Genesis 46:8-27 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. / The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. / The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ... Exodus 1:1-5 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: / Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; / Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ... Deuteronomy 33:1-3 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death. / He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand. / Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words— 1 Chronicles 2:1-2 These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, / Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Ruth 4:11 “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. Matthew 19:13-15 Then little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them. / But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” / And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there. Mark 10:13-16 Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. / But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. / Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” ... Luke 18:15-17 Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them. / But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. / Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” John 4:12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?” Acts 7:8-9 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. / Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him Treasury of Scripture Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. Jump to Previous Approached Bow Bowed Children Draw Drew Faces Handmaidens Handmaids Maids Maidservants Maid-Servants Nigh Servants ThemselvesJump to Next Approached Bow Bowed Children Draw Drew Faces Handmaidens Handmaids Maids Maidservants Maid-Servants Nigh Servants ThemselvesGenesis 33 1. Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's departure.17. Jacob comes to Succoth. 18. At Shechem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called El Elohe Israel. Then The word "then" serves as a transitional term, indicating a sequence of events. In the context of Genesis 33, it follows Jacob's encounter with Esau, setting the stage for the actions of his family. This moment is pivotal, as it marks the unfolding of reconciliation and the fulfillment of God's promises to Jacob. The Hebrew root for "then" is "אָז" (az), which often signifies a consequential moment, underscoring the importance of what follows in the narrative. the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then the maidservantsהַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת (haš·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant and their הֵ֥נָּה (hên·nāh) Pronoun - third person feminine plural Strong's 2007: Themselves children וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן (wə·yal·ḏê·hen) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring approached וַתִּגַּ֧שְׁןָ (wat·tig·gaš·nā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach and bowed down. וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָ׃ (wat·tiš·ta·ḥă·we·nā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate Links Genesis 33:6 NIVGenesis 33:6 NLT Genesis 33:6 ESV Genesis 33:6 NASB Genesis 33:6 KJV Genesis 33:6 BibleApps.com Genesis 33:6 Biblia Paralela Genesis 33:6 Chinese Bible Genesis 33:6 French Bible Genesis 33:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 33:6 Then the handmaids came near with their (Gen. 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