Genesis 33:13

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds, which are nursing, are a care to me; and if they are overdriven for one day, all the flocks will die.

Cross References

Genesis 33:12

Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go alongside you.”

Genesis 33:14

Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”

1 Chronicles 22:5

For David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorified throughout all lands; I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

Psalm 78:71

from tending the nursing ewes he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel, his inheritance.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.

1 Samuel 6:10

The men did so; they took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.