32:3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead 1 to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region 2 of Edom. 32:4 He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant 3 Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.
1 tn Heb “before him.”
2 tn Heb “field.”
3 sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago.