And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women, and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he answered, They are the children whom God of his grace hath given thy servant.

Then came the maids near, they and their children, and [a]bowed themselves.

Leah also with her children came near and made obeisance: and after Joseph and Rachel drew near, and did reverence.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:6 Jacob and his family are the image of the Church under the yoke of tyrants which for fear are brought to subjection.

Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked.

Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.(A)

Then the female servants and their children(B) approached and bowed down.(C) Next, Leah and her children(D) came and bowed down.(E) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(F) and they too bowed down.

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