"Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth be…" — Genesis 33:14

Genesis 33:14 · KJV

“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. {according...: Heb. according to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children}”

— Genesis 33:14

Verse 13

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children {are} tender, and the flocks and herds with young {are} with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

Verse 15

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee {some} of the folk that {are} with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. {leave: Heb. set, or, place} {What...: Heb. Wherefore is this?}

Genesis 33 — Context

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

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children {are} tender, and the flocks and herds with young {are} with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

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. {according...: Heb. according to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children}

So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

Cross References

Genesis 32:3

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. {country: Heb. field}

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 that are with young. {that...: or, that give suck}

Romans 15:1

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Ezekiel 35:2-3

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear {it}.

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 Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

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 also dropped water.

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;