“Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.”
So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir. Jacob proposes that Esau go ahead — the reconciliation is genuine, but Jacob is not yet ready to join Esau's household in Seir. The application: the restored relationship does not require immediate cohabitation. The pace of the restored relationship can be set according to what both parties can sustain.
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