Genesis 33:16 meaning and explanation

So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

Genesis 33:16, Berean Standard Bible

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After the emotional reunion, Esau offers to travel with Jacob or leave escorts, but Jacob pleads the slow pace of nursing flocks and young children. Esau accepts this and turns back toward Seir, the hill country of Edom southeast of the Dead Sea, while Jacob journeys instead to Succoth and then Shechem.

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