Genesis 33:6

6 Then the female servants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed down.

Genesis 33:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 33:6

Then the handmaids came near, they and their children
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.

Genesis 33:6 In-Context

4 But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

5 Then Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children and said, "Who [are] these with you?" And he said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

6 Then the female servants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed down.

7 Then Leah and her children drew near and bowed down, and afterward Joseph and Rachel drew near and they bowed down.

8 And he said, "{What do you mean by} all this company that I have met?" Then he said, "To find favor in the eyes of my lord."