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Genesis 33:8

“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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מִ֥יmiwho?H4310
לְךָ֛le.Khato <the> you
כָּל־kol-[is] allH3605
הַמַּחֲנֶ֥הha.ma.cha.Nehthe campH4264
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּיpa.Ga.she.tiI have metH6298
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לִמְצֹא־lim.tzo'-to findH4672
חֵ֖ןchenfavorH2580
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
אֲדֹנִֽי׃'a.do.Nilord myH113

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Jacob and Esau Meet — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob and Esau Meet — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain