Genesis 33:12 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 33:12

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the proposal was prudently declined. Jacob did not need any worldly state or equipage. Notwithstanding the present cordiality, the brothers were so different in spirit, character, and habits--the one so much a man of the world, and the other a man of God, that there was great risk of something occurring to disturb the harmony.

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
נִסְעָ֣ה	nis.'Ah	let us set out	H5265 →
וְנֵלֵ֑כָה	ve.ne.Le.khah	and let us go	H1980 →
וְאֵלְכָ֖ה	ve.'e.le.Khah	and I will go	H1980 →
לְנֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃	le.neg.De.kha	to before you	H5048 →