Genesis 32:4

Modern English Version

He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: This is what your servant Jacob says, ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed there until now.

Cross References

Genesis 23:6

“Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place that you may bury your dead.”

Genesis 25:30

So Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be those who bless you!”

Genesis 27:37

Then Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and I have given to him all his brothers as servants; and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What can I now do for you, my son?”

Genesis 31:41

I have been twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 32:18

then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is also behind us.’ ”

Genesis 32:5

I have oxen and donkeys, flocks, and male servants and female servants, and I am sending this message to tell my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’ ”

Genesis 33:14

Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the livestock that goes before me and the pace the children will be able to endure, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “These are to find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Genesis 36:8

So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

Genesis 36:9

These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must rule over it.”

1 Kings 20:32

So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’ ” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother!”

Exodus 32:22

Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn. You know that the people are set on evil.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 25:15

With patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue will break a bone.

Proverbs 6:3

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself; since you have come into the hand of your friend, go and humble yourself, and plead with your friend.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the angry spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your position, for calmness pacifies great offenses.

Isaiah 21:11

The oracle of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?”

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

1 Peter 3:6

even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her children as long as you do right and are not afraid with any terror.

Judges 5:4

“Lord, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the ground shook and the skies poured, indeed, the dense clouds poured water.

1 Samuel 26:17

Saul knew David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord king.”