And Jacob
Ya`aqob (yah-ak-obe')
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob.
sent
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
messengers
mal'ak (mal-awk')
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) -- ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
before him
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
to Esau
`Esav (ay-sawv')
rough (i.e. sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity -- Esau.
his brother
'ach (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
unto the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of Seir
Se`iyr (say-eer')
rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine -- Seir.
the country
sadeh (saw-deh')
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat) -- country, field, ground, land, soil, wild.
of Edom
'Edom (ed-ome')
red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him -- Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
