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Genesis 33:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.’

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He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.


Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.


Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength,  and not to please ourselves.


He was speaking the word  to them with many parables  like these, as they were able to understand.


‘ “This is what the Lord God says: Because Moab and Seir said,  ‘Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.’


Now here are the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir.  You did not let Israel invade them when Israel came out of the land of Egypt, but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.


Lord, when you came from Seir, when you marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, the skies poured   rain, and the clouds poured water.


‘Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea,  as the Lord had told me, and we travelled round the hill country of Seir for many days.


I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,


Jacob replied, ‘My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing flocks and herds. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.


He commanded them, ‘You are to say to my lord Esau, “This is what your servant Jacob says. I have been staying with Laban and have been delayed until now.





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