Key Verse Spotlight
Genesis 33:12 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.β
Genesis 33:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took {it}. {enough: Heb. all things}
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children {are} tender, and the flocks and herds with young {are} with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
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. {according...: Heb. according to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children}
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