Genesis 33:14

my lord go (on) before his servant, and I shall follow little and little his steps (or and I shall follow his steps little by little), as I see that my little children be able (to go), till I come to my lord, into Seir.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

In Context

13And Jacob said, My lord, thou knowest that I have little children tender, and sheep, and kine with calves with me, and if I shall make them for to travail more in going, all the flocks shall die in one day; (But Jacob said, My lord, thou knowest that I have tender little children with me, and sheep, and cows with their calves, and if I make them go any further this day, all the flocks shall die;)

15Esau answered, I pray thee, that (some) of the people which is with me, dwell they namely fellows of thy way. Jacob said, It is no need; I have need to this one thing only, that I find grace in thy sight, my lord. (Esau answered, Then I pray thee, let some of the people who be with me give thee fellowship on the way. But Jacob said, There is no need; yea, I only have need of this one thing, that I find grace in thine eyes, my lord.)

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Cross References

Genesis 32:4and he commanded to them, and said, Thus speak ye to my lord Esau, (and say), Thy brother Jacob saith these things, I have been a pilgrim at Laban (or I have been living with Laban), and I was (there) till into this present day;

Judges 5:4Lord, when thou wentest out from Seir, and passedest by the countries of Edom (or and passedest by the countryside of Edom), the earth was moved, and (the) heavens and (the) clouds dropped with waters;

Isaiah 40:11As a shepherd he shall feed his flock, he shall gather [the] lambs in (to) his arm (s), and he shall raise (them up) in (to) his bosom; he shall bear [the] sheep with lamb. (Like a shepherd he shall feed his flock, he shall gather the lambs into his arms, and he shall raise them up into his bosom; he shall gently lead the sheep that be with their young.)

Ezekiel 35:2Thou, son of man, set thy face against the hill of Seir; and thou shalt prophesy to it, (Thou, son of man, set thy face toward the hill country of Seir; and thou shalt prophesy against it,)

Romans 15:1But we firmer men owe to sustain [or to bear up] the feeblenesses of sick men, [or (those) unfirm in (the) faith], and not [to] please to ourselves. (But we stronger men ought to bear up the weakness of frail or weak men, or those unstable in the faith, and not to please ourselves.)

1 Corinthians 9:19For why when I was free of all men, I made me (a) servant of all men (or I made myself a servant to all men), to win the more men [or (so) that I should win more men].

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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