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


In Context

13 But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.

14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me and that of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."

15 Esau said, "Then let me leave some of my men with you." "But why do that?" Jacob asked. "Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord."

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

17 Jacob, however, went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.

18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

33:16So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, 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.