en_tn/gen/33/12.md

translationWords

• en:tw:edom
• en:tw:flock
• en:tw:lord
• en:tw:servant

translationNotes

• my lord - This is a polite and formal way of referring to Esau. Alternate translation: “you.” (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_123person)
• the children are young - "the children are too young to travel fast"
• the flocks and herds with me have their young - "the flocks and herds that are with me are nursing their young"
• overdrive them - "drive them too hard"
• his servant - This is a polite and formal way of Jacob referring to himself. Alternate translation: "me."
• at the pace of the cattle that are before me - "at the speed the animals I am looking after can go"