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When Esau[a] looked up[b] and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob[c] replied, “The children whom God has graciously given[d] your servant.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:5 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 33:5 tn Heb “lifted up his eyes.”
  3. Genesis 33:5 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Genesis 33:5 tn The Hebrew verb means “to be gracious; to show favor”; here it carries the nuance “to give graciously.”

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.

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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.(A)

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