“And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:”
He instructed them: this is what you are to say to my lord Esau: your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. The form of address — my lord Esau — is the voluntary reversal of the blessing's formula: the elder will serve the younger. Jacob addresses Esau as lord, taking the subordinate position without being required to. The application: the willingness to approach the wronged person from a position of voluntary humility is the beginning of genuine reconciliation.
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