So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were.

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And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

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14 Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share(A) in the inheritance of our father’s estate?

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14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

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17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(A) on camels,(B)

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17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

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He put the female servants and their children(A) in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph(B) in the rear. He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground(C) seven times(D) as he approached his brother.

But Esau(E) ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.(F) And they wept.(G) Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked.

Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.(H)

Then the female servants and their children(I) approached and bowed down.(J) Next, Leah and her children(K) came and bowed down.(L) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(M) and they too bowed down.

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And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

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.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

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