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13 “Sir, you know[a] that the children are frail,” Jacob suggested, “and the ewes and cows with me are still nursing their young. If they’re driven even for a day, the entire flock will die. 14 So allow yourself to[b] go ahead of your servant while I travel more slowly, letting the herds set their own pace[c] with the children until I arrive to see my lord in Seir.”

15 Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.”

“Why do that?” Jacob asked. “I’ve already found favor in your sight, sir.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:13 Lit. My lord knows
  2. Genesis 33:14 Lit. So let my lord
  3. Genesis 33:14 Lit. feet
  4. Genesis 33:15 Lit. sight, my lord