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Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
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An Order of Humility
Commentators note the deliberate order of Jacob's family. The handmaids and their children approached and bowed first, as they were considered of lesser rank, followed by Leah's family, and finally the most favored, Rachel and Joseph. This was a calculated act of humility and respect, orchestrated by Jacob to appease Esau.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
סכת (sûkkôth) refers to Sukkoth, meaning “booths,” which consisted of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or gras…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
Baptist
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themse…
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16th Century
Protestant
Then the handmaidens came near. The wives of Jacob, having left their country, had come as exiles into a distant land. Now, at their first…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the handmaids came near, they and their children Being foremost, and next to, Jacob, as Bilhah and her two sons, Dan…
Jacob, having by prayer committed his case to God, went on his way. Come what will, nothing can come amiss to him whose heart is fixed, trusting in…
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