Genesis 32:4

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 23:6

“Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead.”

Genesis 25:30

So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff – yes, this red stuff – because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

Genesis 27:29

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

Genesis 27:37

Isaac replied to Esau, “Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

Genesis 31:41

This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!

Genesis 32:18

then you must say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”

Genesis 32:5

I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

Genesis 33:14

Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Genesis 33:8

Esau then asked, “What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

Genesis 36:8

So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 36:9

This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 4:7

Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”

1 Kings 20:32

So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

Exodus 32:22

Aaron said, “Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Proverbs 25:15

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.

Proverbs 6:3

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.

Isaiah 21:11

Here is a message about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

1 Peter 3:6

like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.

Judges 5:4

O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.

1 Samuel 26:17

When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied, “Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”