Genesis 32:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Bible Comments

Observe the humbleness of Jacob's mind. He calls his brother Lord; though by the father's blessing of the birth-right given to him, he had the right of inheritance. See Genesis 27:29. Reader! of such humbleness of soul are all the spiritual seed of Jacob.

Genesis 32:4

4 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: