Genesis 33:2-14
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2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
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3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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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 thy servant.
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6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
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7 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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8 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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9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
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10 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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11 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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12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
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13 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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14 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.