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Genesis 33:14

New Living Translation

Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”

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Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother, Esau, who was living in the region of Seir in the land of Edom.

He told them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob. Until now I have been living with Uncle Laban,

But Jacob replied, “You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die.

“And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the people of Moab have said that Judah is just like all the other nations,

Jesus used many similar stories and illustrations to teach the people as much as they could understand.

We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves.

I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,

“Then we turned around and headed back across the wilderness toward the Red Sea, just as the Lord had instructed me, and we wandered around in the region of Mount Seir for a long time.

“Lord, when you set out from Seir and marched across the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the cloudy skies poured down rain.




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