Genesis 33:13

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

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  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
  • Ezek 34:15-16 : 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
  • Ezek 34:23-25 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again a second time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
  • 1 Chr 22:5 : 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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  • Gen 33:14-15
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    14Let 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.

    15And 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 favor in the sight of my lord.

  • Gen 33:12
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    12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

  • Gen 30:29-31
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    29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

    30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

    31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

  • Gen 32:15-20
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    75%

    15thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

    16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

    17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

    18then thou shalt say, [They are] thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.

    19And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

    20and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

  • Gen 33:8
    74%

    8And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

  • Gen 44:29-34
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    29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

    30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

    31it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

    32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.

    33Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

    34For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.

  • Gen 44:22
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    22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

  • Gen 29:6-8
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    6And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

    7And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

    8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

  • Gen 32:5
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    5and I have oxen, and asses, [and] flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

  • Gen 30:42
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    42but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

  • Gen 31:43
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    43And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

  • Gen 43:8
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    8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

  • Gen 46:32
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    32and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

  • Gen 44:20
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    20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.

  • Gen 31:38
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    38These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.

  • Gen 33:5
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    5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

  • Gen 42:38
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    38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

  • Gen 42:33
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    33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go your way;

  • Num 32:26
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    26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;

  • Gen 37:16
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    16And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding [the flock] .

  • Gen 30:26
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    26Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.

  • Gen 32:8
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    8and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

  • Gen 31:9
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    9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

  • Gen 18:3
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    3and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

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    16And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

  • Gen 44:27
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    27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

  • Gen 43:14
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    14and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

  • Exod 10:10
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    10And he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

  • Gen 37:14
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    14And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • Gen 31:29
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    29It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.