16So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir.


In Context

13 And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.

14 May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir.

15 Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favor, my lord, in thy sight.

16 So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir.

17 And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.

18 And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town:

Genesis 33:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

33:16So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

33:16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:16And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

33:16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

33:16And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.