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Please let my master go on ahead of his servant
This is a polite and formal way of Jacob referring to himself. Alternate translation: "My lord, I am your servant. Please go ahead of me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
at the pace of the livestock that are before me
"at the speed the animals I am looking after can go"
Seir
This is a mountainous area in the region of Edom. See how you translated this in Genesis 32:3. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)