Genesis 33:14

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
lord	אֲדֹנִ֖י 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
over	יַעֲבָר ya.'a.vor-	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
servant	עַבְדּ֑וֹ av.Do	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
on	אֶתְנָהֲלָ֣ה 'et.na.ha.Lah	H5095	properly · verb, hithpael infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
softly	לְאִטִּ֗י le.'i.Ti	H328	(as a noun) a necromancer (from their soft incantations) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
as	לְרֶ֨גֶל le.Re.gel	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
cattle	הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה ha.me.la.Khah	H4399	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
me	לְפָנַי֙ le.fa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
children	הַיְלָדִ֔ים hay.la.Dim	H3206	something born · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
endure	וּלְרֶ֣גֶל u.le.Re.gel	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
come	אָבֹ֥א 'a.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
lord	אֲדֹנִ֖י 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
Seir	שֵׂעִֽירָה se.'I.rah	H8165	Seir · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those th…
Romans 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Deuteronomy 2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir m…
Judges 5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds a…
2 Chronicles 20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of…
Ezekiel 25:8 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
Ezekiel 35:2-3 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:5-15

We have here the discourse between the two brothers at their meeting, which is very free and friendly, without the least intimation of the old quarrel. It was the best way to say nothing of it. They converse, I. About Jacob's retinue, Gen 33:5-7. Eleven or twelve little ones, the eldest of them no fourteen years old, followed Jacob closely: Who are these? says Esau. Jacob had sent him an account of the increase of his estate (Gen 32:5), but made no mention of his children; perhaps because he would not expose them to his rage if he should meet him as an enemy, or would please him with the unexpected sight if he should meet him as a friend: Esau therefore had reason to ask, Who are those with…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 33:14

until I come unto my lord--It seems to have been Jacob's intention, passing round the Dead Sea, to visit his brother in Seir, and thus, without crossing the Jordan, go to Beer-sheba to Isaac; but he changed his plan, and whether the intention was carried out then or at a future period has not been recorded.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 33:14

Until I come unto my lord unto Seir - It is very likely that Jacob was perfectly sincere in his expressed purpose of visiting Esau at Seir, but it is as likely that circumstances afterwards occurred that rendered it either improper or impracticable; and we find that Esau afterwards removed to Canaan, and he and Jacob dwelt there together for several years. See Gen 36:6.

John Gill on Genesis 33:14

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant,.... He desired in a very respectable manner that he would not keep his pace in complaisance to him, but proceed on in his journey, and go on with his men, and he with his family and flocks would follow after as fast as he could, and their circumstances would admit of: and I will lead on softly; slowly, gently, easily, step by step: according as the cattle that goeth before me, and the children be able to endure; or "according to the foot" (s) of them; of the cattle, whom he calls the "work" (t), because his business lay in the care of them, and these were the chief of his substance; and of the children, as the feet of each of them wer…

The Church Fathers

JACOB'S UNFULFILLED PROMISE. — Was there not a lie in the promise made by Jacob to his brother, to follow the steps of his followers, whose march was slow, and then to go and find him at Seir? But, as the Scripture says, Jacob did not do it, but went on the road that led to his own way. Is it the fact that he promised that by telling the truth, and then, thinking otherwise, he changed his mind? [
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 105 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Seir — Rough; hairy. (1.) A Horite; one of the “dukes” of Edom (Gen. 36:20-30). (2.) The name of a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the…
Seir · the Horim people — the Horim people
Shepherds · Care of the sheep by, exhibited in: Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young — Care of the sheep by, exhibited in: Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 33:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:5-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 33:14

Adam Clarke on Genesis 33:14

John Gill on Genesis 33:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 33:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:5-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 33:14

Adam Clarke on Genesis 33:14

John Gill on Genesis 33:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 33:13-16

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 33:12-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 33:12-15

Rashi on Genesis 33:14