Genesis 33:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹²Then Esau said, “Let us be going. I will travel with you.”

¹³But Jacob said to him, “My ·master [^Llord], you know that the children are ·weak [soft; frail]. And I must be careful with my flocks ·and their young ones [^Land herds that are nursing]. If I ·force them to go too far [push them too fast] in one day, ·all the animals [the entire flock] will die. ¹⁴So, my ·master [lord], you ·go [pass] on ahead of me, your servant. I will follow you slowly and let the animals and the children set the speed at which we travel. I will meet you, my ·master [lord], in ·Edom [^LSeir; 14:6].”

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Genesis 33:12-14

New International Version

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

¹³But Jacob said to him, “My lord^(A) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.^(B) If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. ¹⁴So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds^(C) before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.^(D)”

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Genesis 33:12-14

New King James Version

¹²Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.”

¹³But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die. ¹⁴Please let my lord go on ahead before his servant. I will lead on slowly at a pace which the livestock that go before me, and the children, ^[a]are able to endure, until I come to my lord ^(A)in Seir.”

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