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Genesis 33:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. "
Genesis 33:16
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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.
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
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Genesis 33:1
"And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids."
Genesis 33:2
"And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost."
Genesis 33:3
"And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother."
Genesis 33:4
"And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."
Genesis 33:5
"And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant."
Genesis 33:6
"Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves."
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