Genesis 33:15

15 Esau said, "Let me leave some of my people with you." But he replied, "Why do that? Please indulge me,^[a] my lord."

Genesis 33:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 33:15

And Esau said, let me now leave with thee [some] of the folk
that [are] with me
To show him the way, and guard him on the road, and he appear the more honourable when he entered into Seir: and he said, what needeth it?
Jacob saw not the necessity of it; he knew the direct way very probably; he thought himself in no danger, since he was at peace with Esau, and he did not affect the grandeur of an equipage: let me find grace in the sight of my lord;
having his favour and good will, that was enough for him; and among the rest of the favours he received from him, he begged this might be added, that he might be excused retaining any of his retinue with him.

Genesis 33:15 In-Context

13 Jacob replied, "My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing sheep and cattle. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.

14 Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir."

15 Esau said, "Let me leave some of my people with you." But he replied, "Why do that? Please indulge me, my lord."

16 On that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

17 but Jacob went on to Succoth. He built a house for himself and stalls for his cattle; that is why the place was called Succoth.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit May I find favor in your eyes