And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
What meanest thou by all this drove? - literally, Who, or what to thee are all these bands? The Hebrew х miy (H4310)], who, is used here in the sense of what (cf. 1 Samuel 18:18; Micah 1:5). But even in such passages as this, there is more or less reference to the idea of a person implied in the expression.
These are to find grace in the sight of my lord, [Hebrew, 'ªdoniy (H113), my lord] - (see the note at Genesis 31:35.) [The Septuagint has: hina heuree ho pais sou charin enantion sou, in order that thy servant may find grace before thee.]