The Meaning of Genesis 33:12 Explained

Genesis 33:12

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

YLT: and saith, 'Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.'

Darby: And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 33:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 33:1-17 - Jacob And Esau Reconciled
Many things, like this meeting with Esau, are worse in anticipation than in actuality. The brothers were on the same old terms as before that filching of Isaac's blessing. The holy transactions of the previous night had induced this change in the atmosphere. If our ways please the Lord, He will make our enemies to be at peace with us. We must win power with God, by yielding to Him, before we can have power with our Esaus and prevail. When you fear man's wrath, do not run hither and thither for defense; be still and fear not. Commit your way to the Lord and read Psalms 37:1-40. When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. Surely Jacob needed not to fear, or make these lame excuses and promises. He never intended to go to Esau, to Seir. As soon as the last ranks of his brother's men were lost in the desert haze, he turned to go in the contrary direction. This duplicity was not worthy of the heir of the promises; but too many of us would have done the same, even on the morrow of the Jabbok-wrestle. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 33

1  Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's departure
17  Jacob comes to Succoth
18  At Shechem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called El Elohe Israel

What do the individual words in Genesis 33:12 mean?

And Esau said let us take our journey and let us go and I will go before you
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר נִסְעָ֣ה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה וְאֵלְכָ֖ה לְנֶגְדֶּֽךָ

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר  And  Esau  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
נִסְעָ֣ה  let  us  take  our  journey 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
וְנֵלֵ֑כָה  and  let  us  go 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וְאֵלְכָ֖ה  and  I  will  go 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
לְנֶגְדֶּֽךָ  before  you 
Parse: Preposition-l, second person masculine singular
Root: נֶגֶד  
Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.

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