“Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 32 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.