Genesis 33:2
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
πρῶτος
prōtos
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
אַחֲרִית
ʼachărîyth
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
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