And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.

and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last.

He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.

And he placed the two handmaids and their children at the beginning. Truly, Leah and her sons were in the second place. Then Rachel and Joseph were last.

Tunc posuit ancillas et liberos earum prius, et Leah et liberos ejus posteriores, Rachel autem et Ioseph postremos.

He put the handmaids and their children foremost - There is something so artificial in this arrangement of Jacob's family, that it must have had some peculiar design. Was Jacob still apprehensive of danger, and put those foremost whom he least esteemed, that if the foremost met with any evil, those who were behind might escape on their swift beasts? Genesis 32:7, Genesis 32:8. Or did he intend to keep his choicest treasure to the last, and exhibit his beautiful Rachel and favourite Joseph after Esau had seen all the rest, in order to make the deeper impression on his mind?

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,.... In the first division, as being less honourable and less beloved by him:
and Leah and her children after; still according to the degree of honour and affection due unto them; Leah being a wife that was imposed and forced upon him:
and Rachel and Joseph hindermost; being most beloved by him, and therefore most careful of them; Rachel being his principal and lawful wife, and who had the greatest share in his affection, and Joseph his only child by her.