Genesis 32:17
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
And he commanded the formost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
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Genesis 32:17
Ordered; directed.
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First, furthest forward, nearest the front, or leading the rest in place or order.
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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.
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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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To what or which place, destination, direction, state, or end.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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32:13¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
32:13¶ And he lodged there that same night, and tooke of that which came to his hand, a present for Esau his brother:
32:14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
32:14Two hundred shee goats, and twentie hee goats, two hundred ewes, and twentie rammes,
32:15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
32:15Thirtie milch camels with their colts, fortie kine, and ten bulles, twenty shee ashes, and ten foales.
32:16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
32:16And hee deliuered them into the hand of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and said vnto his seruants, Passe ouer before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.
32:17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
32:17And he commanded the formost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
Selected passage32:18Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
32:18Then thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iacobs: it is a present sent vnto my LORD Esau: and behold also, he is behind vs.
32:19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
32:19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droues, saying, On this maner shal you speake vnto Esau, when you find him.
32:20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
32:20And say ye moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iacob is behind vs: for he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peraduenture he will accept †of me.
32:21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
32:21So went the present ouer before him: and himselfe lodged that night in the company.
32:22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
32:22And hee rose vp that night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two women seruants, and his eleuen sonnes, and passed ouer the foord Iabbok.
32:23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
32:23And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the brooke, and †sent ouer that hee had.