Verse 13

Genesis 33:13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

13 And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗י/ו אֲדֹנִ֤/י יֹדֵ֨עַ֙ כִּֽי הַ/יְלָדִ֣ים רַכִּ֔ים וְ/הַ/צֹּ֥אן וְ/הַ/בָּקָ֖ר עָל֣וֹת עָלָ֑/י וּ/דְפָקוּ/ם֙ י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וָ/מֵ֖תוּ כָּל הַ/צֹּֽאן
English Translation
And he said to me, "My lord knows that the children are tender and the flock and the cattle are vulnerable, and if they drive them hard one day, all the flock will die."
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Chapter 33 Context
1 And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the ch... Focus ↗
2 And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second pl... Focus ↗
3 And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came ne... Focus ↗
4 Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissi... Focus ↗
5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they... Focus ↗
6 Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves. Focus ↗
7 Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rach... Focus ↗
8 And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favor before my lord. Focus ↗
9 But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself. Focus ↗
10 And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favor in thy eyes, receive a little pr... Focus ↗
11 And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God (Elohim) hath given me, who giveth a... Focus ↗
12 And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey. Focus ↗
13 And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with...
14 May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see m... Focus ↗
15 Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accomp... Focus ↗
16 So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir. Focus ↗
17 And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the p... Focus ↗
18 And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he ret... Focus ↗
19 And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the f... Focus ↗
20 And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God (Elohim) of Israel. Focus ↗
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Book
Genesis
Chapter
Chapter 33 (20 verses)
Version
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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