Genesis 32:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו אֶל־עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑יו אַ֥רְצָה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

wə-yišlaḥ yaʿăqōb malʾākîm before-him to-ʿēśāw brother-his, land-of śēʿîr śədēh ʾĕdôm.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yišlaḥ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
• *malʾākîm*: masculine plural noun - messengers/angels
• *ʿēśāw*: proper noun - Esau
• *śēʿîr*: proper noun - Seir
• *śədēh*: masculine singular construct - field of
• *ʾĕdôm*: proper noun - Edom

Word Meanings

• *yišlaḥ*: to send, to stretch out, to let go
• *malʾākîm*: messengers, angels, ambassadors
• *śēʿîr*: Seir (place name), hairy
• *śədēh*: field, country, territory
• *ʾĕdôm*: Edom (place/people name), red

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:7 : 7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.
• Gen 23:6 : 6 Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
• Gen 27:29 : 29 Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
• Gen 27:37 : 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine have I sustained him: and what then shall I do for thee, my son?
• Gen 32:5 : 5 and 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 32:18 : 18 then 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.
• Gen 33:8 : 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
• Exod 32:22 : 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are [set] on evil.
• 1 Sam 26:17 : 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
• 1 Kgs 20:32 : 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
• Prov 6:3 : 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
• Prov 15:1 : 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
• Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
• Luke 14:11 : 11 For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.