King James Version

Genesis 33:6

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

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וַתִּגַּ֧שְׁןָvatigashnaand bringנָגַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and bring”, the next action in the storyH5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹתhashfachotthe maidשִׁפְחָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the maid”, the ordinary formH8198a female slave (as a member of the household)(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.הֵ֥נָּהhenahtheirהֵנָּהpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “their”H2007themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)[idiom] in, [idiom] such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ןveyaldeyhenand childיֶלֶדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and child”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3206something born, i.e. a lad or offspringboy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָvatishtachaveynaand crouchשָׁחָהconjunction, verb, hishtaphel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and crouch”, the next action in the storyH7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;

World English Bible

Then the servants came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.

Darby Translation

And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.

Douay-Rheims

Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ προσήγγισαν αἱ παιδίσκαι καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, καὶ προσεκύνησαν.