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could not keep up with Esau without injury to the children, and to the flocks and herds. "Let my lord, I pray thee," said he "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."

Esau then offered to leave him a number of his men to guard and conduct him on his way. But this Jacob declined, saying that he did not need them; and the two brothers parted from each other.

It is uncertain, whether Jacob ever carried into effect his intention of visiting his brother in the land of Seir. He seems soon to have given it up at that time; and after various journeyings and occurrences which we will not now attend to, was approaching Ephrath, afterwards called Bethlehem. He had come very near the town, when his beloved wife Rachel was suddenly taken sick and died. Just before she died, she had a little son whom his father called Benjamin. Her afflicted husband buried her in the way to Ephrath, and built a monument of stone over her grave. It was a severe loss to him,

-one other of the many trials which he was called to endure, to chasten him for his sins,

and to teach him more and more an entire submission to the will of God.

In the reconciliation of Esau to his brother Jacob, it is important to notice how it was that the latter succeeded in bringing it about. He relied principally on earnest and importunate prayer; but, in addition to this, he did all in his power to allay the resentment, and win the affection of his brother. He made him a very costly present, and treated him with great respect and deference.

So, in endeavouring to overcome the unkind feelings or prejudices which any may have against us, we should ever bear in mind, how much our success depends on the manner in which we attempt to do it. We should have, as Jacob had in an eminent degree, the meekness of wisdom. We should lay aside all proud and arrogant assertions of what we conceive to be due to us. We should be respectful and modest, kind, and even humble, in our words and conduct; and thus, with the blessing of God, take the only effectual way of overcoming an enemy, and of converting him into a friend.

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19 Mary Trusty

20 Plough Boy's Lessons

21 Sunday School Dictionary
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