Genesis 33:2

New American Bible - revised edition

putting the maidservants and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Cross References

Genesis 29:16

Now Laban had two daughters; the older was called Leah, the younger Rachel.

Genesis 29:30

Jacob then consummated his marriage with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Thus he served Laban another seven years. Jacob’s Children.

Genesis 33:1

Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men. So he divided his children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants,

Genesis 33:3

He himself went on ahead of them, bowing to the ground seven times, until he reached his brother.

Genesis 37:3

Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long ornamented tunic.

Jeremiah 50:12

Your mother will indeed be put to shame, she that bore you shall be abashed; See, the last of the nations, a wilderness, a dry wasteland.

Malachi 3:17

They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my own special possession, on the day when I take action. And I will have compassion on them, as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.