Genesis 32:3
Iacob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the lande of Seir and the felde of Edom.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 25:30and sayd to Iacob: let me syppe of yt redde potage for I am fayntie. And therfore was his name called Edom.
Genesis 33:14Let my lorde therfore goo before his servaunte and I will dryue fayre and softly accordynge as the catell that goth before me and the childern be able to endure: vntill I come to mi lorde vnto Seir.
Genesis 36:6And Esau toke his wyues his sonnes and doughters and all the soules of his house: his goodes and all his catell and all his substance which he had gott in the land of Canaan ad went in to a countre awaye from his brother Iacob:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:2-3
Jacob Pursuing His Journey. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Jacob, having got clear of Laban, pursues his journey homewards towards Canaan: when God has helped us through difficulties we should go on our way heaven-ward with so much the more cheerfulness and resolution. Now, 1. Here is Jacob's convoy in his journey ( v. 1 ): The angels of God met him, in a visible… Read the whole commentary →