2He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
3And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.
4Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.
5Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.
6Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.
7And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.
8And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.
