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.
I will lead on - [Hebrew, lª'iTiy (H328), gently, gradually, at a slow pace; lªregel (H7272), according to I will lead on - [Hebrew, lª'iTiy (H328), gently, gradually, at a slow pace; lªregel (H7272), according to the foot; hamªlaa'kaah (H4399) of the property - i:e., the cattle and all his goods.]
Until I come unto my lord. It seems to have been Jacob's intention, after being established in Canaan, to visit his brother in Seir; but whether the intention was carried out then or at a future period has not been recorded.