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Genesis 33:2

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And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
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  1. Genesis 29:30Rank 1 from verse 2
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    30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

  2. Genesis 30:22–24Rank 2 from verse 2
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    22¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

    23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

    24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

  3. Genesis 37:3Rank 3 from verse 2
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    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

  4. Malachi 3:17Rank 4 from verse 2
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    17And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

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Genesis 33:2

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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foremost

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First, furthest forward, nearest the front, or leading the rest in place or order.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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hindermost

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Farthest behind, rearmost, last in position, or lowest and least in the comparison stated.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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