Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of himself to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

雅各打发人先往西珥地去，就是以东地，见他哥哥以扫，

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以东地他哥哥以扫那里。

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以东地他哥哥以扫那里。

雅各先派人到西珥，就是以东，去见他哥哥以扫，

雅各先派使者到西珥地，就是以东的地区，他的哥哥以扫那里去，

雅各派使者们在他之前，到以东境内的西珥地，去他哥哥以扫那里。

雅各打發人先往西珥地去，就是以東地，見他哥哥以掃，

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以東地他哥哥以掃那裏。

雅各派使者在他前面到西珥地，就是以東地他哥哥以掃那裏。

雅各先派人到西珥，就是以東，去見他哥哥以掃，

雅各先派使者到西珥地，就是以東的地區，他的哥哥以掃那裡去，

雅各打發使者在他前面、往西珥地，以東鄉間，去見他哥哥以掃。

雅各派使者們在他之前，到以東境內的西珥地，去他哥哥以掃那裡。

雅各遣人、先往西珥地以東田、見兄以掃、

遂遣人先往西耳地以東田、見兄以掃、

雅各遂遣人先往西珥地以東田、見兄以掃、

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau. Esau lived in the land of Seir. It was also called the country of Edom.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother, Esau, who was living in the region of Seir in the land of Edom.

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.

Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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

Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

and Esau said to Jacob,“ Please let me have a mouthful of that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called Edom by name.

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau, and to Esau I gave Mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even as much as a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

Please let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, at the pace of the cattle that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

and the Horites on their Mount Seir, as far as El paran, which is by the wilderness.

Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all his household, and his livestock and all his cattle, and all his property which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away from his brother Jacob.For their possessions had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they resided could not support them because of their livestock.So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.

just as He did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place, where they remain even to this day.

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

So Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself,“ The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him,“ Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

“ Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear a way before Me. And the Lord, whom you are seeking, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of armies.

Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and requests terms of peace.