Genesis 33:12
“And he said, Let vs take our iourney, and let vs goe, and I will goe before thee.”
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Genesis 33:12 Context
10And Iacob saide, Nay, I pray thee: if now I haue found grace in thy sight, then receiue my present at my hand: for therefore I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God; and thou wast pleased with me. 11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with mee, and because I haue enough: and hee vrged him, and he tooke it. 12And he said, Let vs take our iourney, and let vs goe, and I will goe before thee. 13And hee said vnto him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, and the flockes and heards with yong are with mee: and if men should ouer-driue them one day, all the flocke will die. 14Let my lord, I pray thee, passe ouer before his seruant, and I will leade on softly, according as the cattell that goeth before me, and the children be able to endure, vntill I come vnto my lord vnto Seir.
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Other Translations for Genesis 33:12
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
- King James Version
Then Esau said, "Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.
- Basic English Bible
And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.
- Darby Bible
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
- Webster's Bible
Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you."
- World English Bible
and saith, `Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he said: 'Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 33:12
33:12 Esau offers himself to be his guide and companion, in token of sincere reconciliation. We never find that Jacob and Esau were so loving with one another as they were now. God made Esau not only not an enemy, but a friend. Esau is become fond of Jacob's company, courts him to mount Seir: let us never despair of any, nor distrust God, in whose hands all hearts are. Yet Jacob saw cause modestly to refute this offer, wherein he shews a tender concern for his own family and flocks, like a good shepherd and a good father. He must consider the children, and the flocks with young, and not lead the one or drive the other too fast. Jacob intimates to him, that it was his design to come to him to mount Seir; and we may presume he did so, after he had settled his concerns elsewhere, though that visit be not recorded.