Genesis 33:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor with my lord.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Esau said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are that I might find favor in the sight of my lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ Esau said, “What’s the meaning of this entire group of animals that I met?” Jacob said, “To ask for my master’s kindness.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And Esau said, "What are these companies that I have been meeting?" He responded, "So may I find favor before my lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favor before my lord.

Genesis 33:8 Cross References

Genesis 32:5

and I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male and female slaves, and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’ ”

Genesis 32:6

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

Genesis 33:7

Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down; and finally Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down.

Genesis 39:5

From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field.

Esther 2:17

the king loved Esther more than all the other women; of all the virgins she won his favor and devotion, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.