Genesis 33:7

WEB

Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

KJV

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Commentary

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves,.... Who were in the next division or company; their ch ildren were seven, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah, six sons and one daughter: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves; it is observed that Joseph is mentioned before his mother; it may be, because they might put him before her in the procession, for greater safety; or she might present him to Esau, being a child of little more than six years of age, and teach him how to make his obeisance to him, which she also did herself.