Genesis 33:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ Then Ěsaw said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” And he said, “To find favour in the eyes of my master.”

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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."

Genesis 33:8 Cross References

Genesis 32:5

“And I have bulls, and donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. And I have sent to inform my master, to find favour in your eyes.” ’ ”

Genesis 32:6

So the messengers returned to Ya‛aqoḇ, saying, “We came to your brother Ěsaw, and he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.”

Genesis 33:7

And Lĕ’ah also came near with her children, and they bowed themselves. And Yosĕph and Raḥĕl came near, and they bowed themselves.

Genesis 39:5

And it came to be, from the time that he appointed him over his house and all that he had, that יהוה blessed the Mitsrian’s house for Yosĕph’s sake. And the blessing of יהוה was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

Esther 2:17

And the sovereign loved Estĕr more than all the women, and she found favour and loving-commitment in his eyes more than all the maidens. And he set the royal crown upon her head and made her sovereigness instead of Vashti.