12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
Genesis 33:12
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Genesis 32:17–19
17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’ 18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. A…
Genesis 33:15–17
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Book of Jubilees 35:25–27
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Genesis 32:2–4
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim. 3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob…
Genesis 32:7–9
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Genesis 33:7–9
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Genesis 13:8–10
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; i…
Numbers 20:17–19
17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.” 18 But Edom answered,…
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