Genesis 33:12
10 But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
11 Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
13 But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
14 Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
- KJV
- And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
- WEB
- Esau said, “Let’s take our journey, and let’s go, and I will go before you.”
- ASV
- And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
- DARBY
- And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.
- BLB
- And he said, “Let us journey and go on, and I will go before you.”
- ÅB
- Da sa Esau: La oss bryte opp og dra videre, og la meg dra side om side med deg!
- OTB
- Esau foreslo: “La oss dra av sted og gå, og jeg vil følge deg.”
- B1930
- Da sa Esau: La oss bryte op og dra videre, og la mig dra side om side med dig!