Genesis 33:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.””
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“When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What <FI>are<Fi> these to thee?' And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 33:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
- Genesis 48:9Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Ruth 4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
- 1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
- 1 Chronicles 28:5And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- Hebrews 2:13And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
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