THEOSISGenesis 32:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day:
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו אֶל־עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑יו אַ֥רְצָה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Pet 3:6As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, doing well and not fearing any disturbance.
- Prov 6:3Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:
- Gen 27:37Isaac answered: I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants: I have established him with corn and wine, and after this, what shall I do more for thee, my son?
- Gen 23:6My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.
- Gen 27:29And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.
- Gen 33:8And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.
- Ex 32:22And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended; for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.
- 1 Sam 26:17And Saul knew David's voice, and said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said: It is my voice, my lord the king.