“He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 33 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.