THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
"Therefore, go," He said; "while I manage the tasks of the children and the herds, I will meet you at Seerah."
Genesis 33:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir.
יַעֲבָר־נָ֥א אֲדֹנִ֖י לִפְנֵ֣י עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַאֲנִ֞י אֶֽתְנָהֲלָ֣ה לְאִטִּ֗י לְרֶ֨גֶל הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנַי֙ וּלְרֶ֣גֶל הַיְלָדִ֔ים עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־אָבֹ֥א אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י שֵׂעִֽירָה׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Philaret of Moscow (Drosdow)
I will journey to my master in Seir. Esau, naturally, extended an invitation to Jacob to come to his land, and Jacob felt a certain obligation to acknowledge this by visiting. However, it is unclear whether Jacob ultimately carried out his commitment or if he encountered some barrier that prevented him from doing so, as Moses does not provide that information.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
- Gen 32:3And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:
- Rom 15:1Now, we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- Deut 2:1And departing from thence we came into the wilderness that leadeth to the Red Sea, as the Lord had spoken to me: and we compassed mount Seir a long time.
- Ezek 25:8Thus saith the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir have said: Behold the house of Juda is like all other nations:
- Judg 5:4O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens and clouds dropped water.
- Mark 4:33And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear.
- 2 Chr 20:10Now therefore behold the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they came out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and slew them not,