Genesis 33:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 33:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 33:2 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 33:2 — KJV
“And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.”
— Genesis 33:2 (KJV)
Genesis 33:2 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 33:2
“And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 33:2: children, leah, after
“Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 33:2: children, after, joseph
“But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. from me: Heb. from after me a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty pleasant...: Heb. land of desire”
Shares key themes with Genesis 33:2: put, children, after
“And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 33:2: children, after
“But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 33:2: put, children
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