Genesis 33:6
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
Then the handmaidens came neere; they and their children, and they bowed themselues.
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Genesis 33:6
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handmaidens
Female servants or attendants.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bow. Sense 1: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward. Sense 2: To make a bodily act of reverence or worship.
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5And 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.
5And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and said, who are those †with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously giuen thy seruant.
6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
6Then the handmaidens came neere; they and their children, and they bowed themselues.
Selected passage7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
7And Leah also with her children came neere, and bowed themselues: and after came Ioseph neere and Rachel, and they bowed themselues.