Genesis 33:9
But Esau replied, “My younger brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 27:39His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven to water the fields.
Proverbs 30:15Leeches are always wanting more blood to suck; similarly, greedy people are always saying “Give me some!” or “Give me more!” [MET] There are four things that are never ◄satisfied/content with what they have►; they always want more [LIT]:
Acts 9:17So Ananias went, and after he found the house where Saul was, he entered it. Then, as soon as he met Saul, he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus himself commanded me to come to you. He is the same one who appeared to you (sg) while you were traveling along the road. He sent me to you in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.”
Philemon 1:7I have rejoiced greatly and have been greatly encouraged because you, my dear friend, have acted lovingly toward God’s people by encouraging them [SYN].
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 →