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Genesis 33:14

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Let 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.
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  1. Genesis 32:3Rank 1 from verse 14
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    3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

  2. Isaiah 40:11Rank 2 from verse 14
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    11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

  3. Romans 15:1Rank 3 from verse 14
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    1WE then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  4. 2 Chronicles 20:10Rank 4 from verse 14
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    10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

  5. Deuteronomy 2:1Rank 5 from verse 14
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    1THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

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Genesis 33:14

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

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COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

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lead

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Sense 1: A soft, heavy metal. Sense 2: As a verb, to guide, conduct, or go before.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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endure

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1. To continue, remain, last, or abide. 2. To bear, tolerate, withstand, or undergo. 3. To persevere without giving way.

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33:1AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

33:2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

33:3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

33:4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

33:5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

33:6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

33:7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

33:8And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

33:9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

33:10And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

33:11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

33:12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

33:13And 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.

33:14Let 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.

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33:15And 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.

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