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Genesis 33:8

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33:8Esau11 then asked, “What did you intend12 by sending all these herds to meet me?”13 Jacob14 replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. 11 Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 12 Heb “Who to you?”
  3. 13 Heb “all this camp which I met.”
  4. 14 Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”

“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Esau said, “What do you mean by this whole procession I met?”

“To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered.

NLTNew Living Translation

“And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked.

Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “What do you mean by all this company that I have met?” Then he said, “To find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.