Genesis 33:14

¹² 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.

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.”

¹⁵ “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

¹⁶ So that day Esau started on his way back to 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.

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BSB: 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.”
KJV: Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
WEB: Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”
ASV: Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
DARBY: Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant, and I will drive on at my ease according to the pace of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.
BLB: Please, let my lord go on before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the work that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until that I come to my lord in Seir.”

ÅB: Vil ikke min herre dra foran. sin tjener, så vil jeg dra langsomt etter, som det kan passe for buskapen som drives foran meg, og for barna, inntil jeg kommer til min herre i Se'ir.
OTB: “Vær så snill, la min herre gå foran sin tjener. Jeg vil bevege meg i et rolig tempo, i henhold til buskapen og barna, til jeg kommer til min herre i Se'ir.”
B1930: Vil ikke min herre dra foran. sin tjener, så vil jeg dra langsomt efter, som det kan passe for buskapen som drives foran mig, og for barna, inntil jeg kommer til min herre i Se'ir.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
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Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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Romans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
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Ezekiel 35:2–3
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
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Mark 4:33
With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
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Judges 5:4
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
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Ezekiel 25:8
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
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Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
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