And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

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

Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

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

Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.

But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.

Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,