Then the female servants and their children(A) approached and bowed down.(B) Next, Leah and her children(C) came and bowed down.(D) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(E) and they too bowed down.

Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”(F)

“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,”(G) he said.

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Then the female servants and their children came to Esau. As they came near to him, they bent down to the ground. Then Leah and her children came and they bent down in front of Esau. Last of all, Joseph and Rachel came to Esau and they also bent down to the ground. Esau asked Jacob, ‘Why did you send all those animals in front of you?’ Jacob replied, ‘So that you would be happy to see me, my lord.’

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