Genesis 33:6,7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

‘Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also and her children came near and bowed themselves, and after came Joseph near, and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.'

The wives and children are now introduced. The sevenfold bowing is no longer felt to be necessary.

Genesis 33:6-7

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

7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.