11 and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.' Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,
12 he said, 'Let us go on together, and I will accompany you on your journey.'
13 And Jacob said: 'My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day.
14 May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in Seir.'
15 Esau responded, 'I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.' But he said, 'There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord.'
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