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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 33:14

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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until I come unto my lord--It seems to have been Jacob's intention, passing round the Dead Sea, to visit his brother in Seir, and thus, without crossing the Jordan, go to Beer-sheba to Isaac; but he changed his plan, and whether the intention was carried out then or at a future period has not been recorded.
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