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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 33:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, etc.] Being foremost, and next to, Jacob, as Bilhah and her two sons, Dan and Naphtali, and Zilpah and her two sons, Gad and Asher: and they bowed themselves; in token of respect to Esau, as Jacob had done before them, and set them an example, and no doubt instructed them to do it.
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