1. Then Jacob glanced up and saw, behold, there was Esau coming—and 400 men with him. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.
2. He put the female servants and their children first, then Leah and her children behind them, then Rachel and Joseph behind them.
3. But he himself passed on ahead of them, and bowed to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother.
4. But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, fell on his neck and kissed him—and they wept.
5. His eyes glanced up and he saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” “The children whom God has graciously given your servant,” he said.
6. Then the female servants approached, they and their children, and bowed down.