Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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- Gen 25:30 : 30 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
- Josh 24:4 : 4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
- Gen 33:14 : 14 Please let my lord 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 to my lord to Seir."
- Deut 2:5 : 5 don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
- Gen 14:6 : 6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
- Deut 2:22 : 22 as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:
- Gen 33:16 : 16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
- Gen 36:6-9 : 6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his cattle, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their cattle. 8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom. 9 This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:
- Gen 27:41-42 : 41 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob." 42 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
- Mal 3:1 : 1 "Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of hosts.
- Luke 9:52 : 52 and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
- Luke 14:31-32 : 31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
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- Gen 32:4-63 verses83%
4 He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, men-servants, and maid-servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"
6 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."
- Gen 32:17-204 verses79%
17 He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'
18 Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'"
19 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
20 You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."
- Gen 33:15-162 verses78%
15 Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."
16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
- Gen 28:5-62 verses75%
5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"
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1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
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42 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
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1 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
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8 and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."
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8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
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4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
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13 He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
- Gen 32:1-22 verses73%
1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's host." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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8 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
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1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."