Genesis 33:14

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“Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.””

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BSBPD

“Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I--I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which <FI>is<Fi> before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 33:14 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
  2. Genesis 32:4He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:1Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
  4. Judges 5:4O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
  5. 2 Chronicles 20:10And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
  6. Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
  7. Ezekiel 25:8This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
  8. Ezekiel 35:2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
  9. Mark 4:33With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
  10. Romans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
  11. 1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
  12. 1 Corinthians 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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