Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.” New Living Translation “Well,” Esau said, “let’s be going. I will lead the way.” English Standard Version Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” Berean Standard Bible Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” King James Bible And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. New King James Version Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.” New American Standard Bible Then Esau said, “Let’s journey on and go, and I will go ahead of you.” NASB 1995 Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.” NASB 1977 Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.” Legacy Standard Bible Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.” Amplified Bible Then Esau said, “Let us get started on our journey and I will go in front of you [to lead the way].” Christian Standard Bible Then Esau said, “Let’s move on, and I’ll go ahead of you.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Esau said, “Let’s move on, and I’ll go ahead of you.” American Standard Version And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Esau said to him, “We will pick up and we will go, and I shall go before you.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And he said, Let us depart, and proceed right onward. Contemporary English Version "Let's get ready to travel," Esau said. "I'll go along with you." Douay-Rheims Bible And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey. English Revised Version And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Esau said, "Let's get ready to go, and I'll go with you." Good News Translation Esau said, "Let's get ready and leave. I will go ahead of you." International Standard Version Then Esau suggested, "Let's set out and travel together, but let me go in front of you." JPS Tanakh 1917 And he said: 'Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.' Literal Standard Version and says, “Let us journey and go on, and I go on before you.” Majority Standard Bible Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” New American Bible Then Esau said, “Let us break camp and be on our way; I will travel in front of you.” NET Bible Then Esau said, "Let's be on our way! I will go in front of you." New Revised Standard Version Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go alongside you.” New Heart English Bible Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go ahead of you." Webster's Bible Translation And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. World English Bible Esau said, “Let’s take our journey, and let’s go, and I will go before you.” Young's Literal Translation and saith, 'Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Meets Esau…11Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted. 12Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” 13But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.… Cross References Genesis 33:11 Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." So Jacob pressed him until he accepted. Genesis 33:13 But Jacob replied, "My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die. Treasury of Scripture And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you. Jump to Previous Accompany Esau Front I'll Journey Together WayJump to Next Accompany Esau Front I'll Journey Together WayGenesis 33 1. Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's departure.17. Jacob comes to Succoth. 18. At Shechem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called El Elohe Israel. Verse 12. - And he (i.e. Esau) said (in further token of his amity), Let us take our journey, and let us go, - but whether he intended to accompany Jacob on his way (Keil, Kalisch, et alii) or invited Jacob to go with him to Mount Seir (Ainsworth, Clericus) is uncertain. On the first hypothesis it is difficult to explain how Esau came to be traveling in the same direction as his brother, while the adoption of the second will serve in some measure to elucidate Jacob's language in ver. 2. But whichever way the words of Esau are understood, they amounted to an offer to be an escort to Jacob through the desert regions with which his excursions had made him familiar, since he added, and I will go before thee - i.e. to lead the way. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then Esau said,וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Let us be on our way, נִסְעָ֣ה (nis·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey and I will go וְאֵלְכָ֖ה (wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk ahead of you.” לְנֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ (lə·neḡ·de·ḵā) Preposition-l | second person masculine singular Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before Links Genesis 33:12 NIVGenesis 33:12 NLT Genesis 33:12 ESV Genesis 33:12 NASB Genesis 33:12 KJV Genesis 33:12 BibleApps.com Genesis 33:12 Biblia Paralela Genesis 33:12 Chinese Bible Genesis 33:12 French Bible Genesis 33:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 33:12 Esau said Let us take our journey (Gen. Ge Gn) |
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