Study it in the app“Please let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that is ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.””
Pleaseנָאlet my lordאֲדֹנִיpass onיַעֲבָרahead ofלִפְנֵיhis servant,עַבְדּוֹand Iוַאֲנִיwill lead onאֶתְנָהֲלָהslowly,לְאִטִּיat the paceלְרֶגֶלof the livestockהַמְּלָאכָהthatאֲשֶׁרis ahead of meלְפָנַיand at the paceוּלְרֶגֶלof the children,הַיְלָדִיםuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרI comeאָבֹאto my lordאֶל אֲדֹנִיin Seir.”שֵׂעִירָה
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavar” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearslead gently
Lead gently, guide with care; bring to a resting place; provide for.
Where else “etnahala” appearsgently
With slow, gentle steps, without hurrying or hurting.
Where else “iti” appearsfollow
Literally "the foot": where someone goes; walking behind them.
Where else “regel” appearsgoods
What one owns: his goods, his property.
Where else “melacha” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeladim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “avo” appearsSeir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seira” appears13He said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and the cattle that are nursing their young are in my care; if they are driven hard one day, all the flock will die.
14 · This verse (above)
15Esau said, “Let me leave, please, with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “Why this? Let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
1. What it says
How did Esau receive Jacob when they met (v. 4)?
2. What it means
What does this meeting show compared with what Jacob had feared (vv. 4, 10)?
3. How I live it
With whom could you take a step toward reconciliation today?
