Genesis 32:4 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁴ He instructed them: ‘This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: “Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And he commanded them, Say this to my lord Esau: Your servant Jacob says this: I have been living temporarily with Laban and have stayed there till now.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

Common English Bible

⁴ He gave them these orders: “Say this to my master Esau. This is the message of your servant Jacob: ‘I’ve lived as an immigrant with Laban, where I’ve stayed till now.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he instructed them, saying: "You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau: 'Your brother Jacob says these things: "I have sojourned with Laban, and I have been with him until the present day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day.

Genesis 32:4 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 23:6

‘Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.’

Genesis 25:30

He said to Jacob, ‘Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!’ (That is why he was also called Edom.)

Genesis 27:29

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

Genesis 27:37

Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’

Genesis 31:41

It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 32:18

then you are to say, “They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.” ’

Genesis 32:5

I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favour in your eyes.” ’

Genesis 33:14

So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.’

Genesis 33:8

Esau asked, ‘What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?’ ‘To find favour in your eyes, my lord,’ he said.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 36:9

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

Genesis 4:7

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’

1 Kings 20:32

Wearing sackcloth round their waists and ropes round their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, ‘Your servant Ben-Hadad says: “Please let me live.” ’ The king answered, ‘Is he still alive? He is my brother.’

Exodus 32:22

‘Do not be angry, my lord,’ Aaron answered. ‘You know how prone these people are to evil.

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 25:15

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

Proverbs 6:3

So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbour’s hands: go – to the point of exhaustion – and give your neighbour no rest!

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offences to rest.

Isaiah 21:11

A prophecy against 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 all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.’

1 Peter 3:6

like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

Judges 5:4

‘When you, Lord, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.

1 Samuel 26:17

Saul recognised David’s voice and said, ‘Is that your voice, David my son?’ David replied, ‘Yes it is, my lord the king.’