Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir. This area was the hill country of Edom. [190] Jacob sent messengers to Esau.
Genesis 33:14 - Easy To Read Version So you go on ahead. I will follow you slowly. I will go slow enough for the cattle and other animals to be safe. And I will go slow enough so that my children will not become too tired. I will meet you in Seir.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant; and I will lead on slowly, governed by [consideration for] the livestock that set the pace before me and the endurance of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir. American Standard Version (1901) Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. Common English Bible My master, go on ahead of your servant, but I’ve got to take it easy, going only as fast as the animals in front of me and the children are able to go, until I meet you in Seir.” Catholic Public Domain Version May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in Seir." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir. |
Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir. This area was the hill country of Edom. [190] Jacob sent messengers to Esau.
Jacob told the messengers, “Tell these things to my master Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have lived with Laban all these years.
But Jacob said to him, “You know that my children are weak. And I must be careful with my flocks and their young animals. If I force them to walk too far in one day, all the animals will die.
“But now, here are men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir! You would not let the people of Israel enter their lands when the people of Israel came out of Egypt. {\cf2\super [228]} So the people of Israel turned away and didn’t destroy those people.
The Lord will lead his people\par like a shepherd leads sheep.\par The Lord will use his arm (power)\par and gather his sheep together.\par The Lord will pick up the little sheep\par and hold them in his arms.\par Their mothers will walk beside him.\par
The Lord my Master says these things, “Moab and Seir (Edom) say, ‘The family of Judah is just like any other nation.’
Jesus used many stories like these to teach them. He taught them all that they could understand.
We are strong with faith. So we should help the people who are weak. We should help those people with their weaknesses. We should not try to please ourselves.
The teaching I gave you was like milk, not solid food. I did this because you were not ready for solid food. And even now you are not ready for solid food.
“Then we did what the Lord told me to do. We went back into the desert on the road that leads to the Red Sea. We traveled for many days to go around the Seir [9] mountains.
Lord, in the past you came from Seir. [38] You marched from the land of Edom. [39] You marched and the earth shook. The skies rained. The clouds dropped water.