Genesis 33:8
in Genesis 33“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
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ASV
And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
KJV
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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This verse in Genesis 33
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
this whole company to meet me
on Genesis 33:8-9
Esau has to ask what it is for, and he answers Jacob's plea for favor by calling him brother. He already has plenty, and he tells Jacob to keep what belongs to him. Gill reads the refusal of payment as the mark of a real reconciliation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he said, what meanest thou by all this drove which I met?....
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מִ֥י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| כָּל־ | kol- | [is] all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה | hamachaneh | the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּי | pagasheti | I have met | H6298 → | |
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לִמְצֹא־ | limtzo'- | to find | H4672 → | 455 times |
| חֵ֖ן | chen | favor | H2580 → | 69 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| אֲדֹנִֽי׃ | ʾadoni | lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מִ֥יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
לְךָ֛to <the> you
lekha
כָּל־[is] all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמַּחֲנֶ֥הthe camp
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּיI have met
pagashetiH6298 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לִמְצֹא־to find
limtzo'-H4672 →455 times
חֵ֖ןfavor
chenH2580 →69 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
אֲדֹנִֽי׃lord my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Esther 2:17And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon…
it leads to
- Psalms 113:7–8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Ezekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make…
- Luke 1:48–52
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
- 1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…
- Psalms 75:6–7
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
- Psalms 113:7–8
Through
Genesis 39:5From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned,…
it leads to
- Genesis 30:27
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
- 2 Samuel 6:11–12
Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
- Acts 27:24
and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
- Genesis 30:27
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
