“And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.”
He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. The seven-fold bowing is the full expression of covenant submission — Jacob, whose blessing said nations will bow to you, now bows seven times before his brother. The voluntary humility is more than Esau has requested. The application: the voluntary humility that bows before the wronged party without being required to is the humility that disarms rather than negotiates.
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