Genesis 33:12

And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

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In The King James Version

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

In Context

11Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

13But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:6-16

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. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9… Read the whole commentary →

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