Bible verse

Genesis 33:12

Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

Genesis 33:12 · BSB

Genesis 33:12 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 33.

8 “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

10 But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

11 Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

13 But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

14 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.”

15 “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

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Genesis 33:12 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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