Let my lord therefore go before his servant and I will drive fair and softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children, be able to endure: until I come to my lord unto Seir."

Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir and the field of Edom.

Then we turned and took our journey into the wilderness, even the way to the reed sea as the LORD commanded me. And we compassed the mountains of Seir a long time.

LORD, when thou departedest out of Seir and camest from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heaven rained, and the clouds dropped water:

And now behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, by which thou wouldest not let Israel go, when they came out of Egypt: but they departed from them and destroyed them not.

He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.

"'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as Moab and Seir do say, 'As for the house of Judah, it is but like as all other Gentiles be,'

"Thou son of man, turn thy face toward the mount Seir, prophesy upon it,

And with many such similitudes he preached the word unto them, after as they might hear it.

We which are strong ought to bear the frailness of them which are weak, and not to stand in our own conceits.

I gave you milk to drink and not meat. For ye then were not strong - no, neither yet are strong.

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all men, that I might win the more.

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Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

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Be able

He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.
And with many such similitudes he preached the word unto them, after as they might hear it.
We which are strong ought to bear the frailness of them which are weak, and not to stand in our own conceits.
I gave you milk to drink and not meat. For ye then were not strong - no, neither yet are strong.
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all men, that I might win the more.

Unto seir

Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir and the field of Edom.
Then we turned and took our journey into the wilderness, even the way to the reed sea as the LORD commanded me. And we compassed the mountains of Seir a long time.
LORD, when thou departedest out of Seir and camest from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heaven rained, and the clouds dropped water:
And now behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, by which thou wouldest not let Israel go, when they came out of Egypt: but they departed from them and destroyed them not.
"'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as Moab and Seir do say, 'As for the house of Judah, it is but like as all other Gentiles be,'
"Thou son of man, turn thy face toward the mount Seir, prophesy upon it,
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