Charles Spurgeon Commentary Genesis 32:3

"And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom." — Genesis 32:3 (ASV)

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother into the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

After a visit from angels, afflictions and trials often come. John Bunyan wrote, as I have often reminded you, "The Christian man is seldom long at ease,
When one trouble's gone, another does him seize;" and though the rhyme is rather rough, the statement is perfectly true. Very often, we are hardly out of one trial before we are into another.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

He is out of one trouble with Laban; now he is into another with Esau.

John Bunyan rightly said:

"A Christian man is seldom long at ease;
When one trouble's gone another seizes him."