softly Lit. "according to my gentleness," i.e. at a quiet and leisurely rate.

according to the pace of the cattle Lit. "of the property" in herds and flocks (m'lâ"cah, as in Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:10; 1 Samuel 15:9).

unto Seir Jacob here implies that he was intending to visit his brother in Seir. He has no intention of settling there, and at the most he expresses a courteous hope of a temporary sojourn.

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