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11 Please take my (A)blessing which has been brought to you, (B)because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have [a]everything.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.

12 Then [b]Esau said, “Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.” 13 But he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are [c]a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:11 Lit all
  2. Genesis 33:12 Lit he
  3. Genesis 33:13 Lit upon me

11 Please accept the present(A) that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me(B) and I have all I need.”(C) And because Jacob insisted,(D) Esau accepted it.

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”

13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord(E) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.(F) If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.

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