King James Version
Genesis 33:12-20
12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14Let 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.1 15And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.23
16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.4
18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.5 19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.67 20And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.8
Notes
- 1. Genesis 33:14 according…: Heb. according to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children ↩
- 2. Genesis 33:15 leave: Heb. set, or, place ↩
- 3. Genesis 33:15 What…: Heb. Wherefore is this? ↩
- 4. Genesis 33:17 Succoth: that is, Booths ↩
- 5. Genesis 33:18 Shechem: Gr. Sychem ↩
- 6. Genesis 33:19 Hamor: Gr. Emmor ↩
- 7. Genesis 33:19 pieces…: or, lambs ↩
- 8. Genesis 33:20 El–elohe–Israel: that is God the God of Israel ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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