Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir." — Genesis 33:14 (ASV)
According as the cattle ... — Rather, according to the pace — Heb., foot — of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children. Joseph was only six or seven years old; and Leah’s two younger sons, and probably Zilpah’s, were too tender to endure much fatigue.
To Seir. — This implies a purpose of visiting Esau in his new acquisition, probably not carried out because Esau had not yet settled there but returned to Hebron to his father.