14Let 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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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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.
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 not fourteen years old, followed Jacob closely: Who are these ? says Esau. Jacob had sent him an accoun…
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