Genesis 32:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have lived with Laban as an alien and stayed 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 any burial ground for burying your dead.”

Genesis 25:30

Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, for I am famished!” (Therefore he was called Edom.)

Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

Genesis 27:37

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

Genesis 31:41

These twenty years I have been 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 shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob; they are a present sent to my lord Esau, and moreover he is behind us.’ ”

Genesis 32:5

and I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male and female slaves, and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’ ”

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.”

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor with my lord.”

Genesis 36:8

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

Genesis 36:9

These are the descendants of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

1 Kings 20:32

So they tied sackcloth around their waists, put ropes on their heads, went 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

And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are wicked.

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 25:15

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break bones.

Proverbs 6:3

So do this, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor’s power: go, hurry, and plead with your neighbor.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness will undo great offenses.

Isaiah 21:11

The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Sentinel, what of the night? Sentinel, what of the night?”

Luke 14:11

For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

1 Peter 3:6

Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters as long as you do what is good and never let fears alarm you.

Judges 5:4

Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured; the clouds indeed poured water.

1 Samuel 26:17

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