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Genesis 33:3
New English Translation
Genesis 33:3
New English Translation
3 But Jacob[a] himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached[b] his brother.
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- Genesis 33:3 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 33:3 tn Heb “until his drawing near unto his brother.” The construction uses the preposition with the infinitive construct to express a temporal clause.
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