Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Genesis 33:5-10 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

5. And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant.

6. Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves.

7. Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down.

8. And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favor before my lord.

9. But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.

10. And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favor in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me,