Be reconciled to thy brother
"Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." - Matthew 5:23-24
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." - Matthew 5:23-24
"And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom:"
- Genesis 32:3
2. Jacob had to face obstacles to reconcile
"Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;"
- Genesis 32:7
3. Jacob had to claim God's promise and trust him to be reconcile
"9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."
-Genesis 32:9-12
4. Jacob had a loving attitude to his brother to be reconcile
"And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me."
- Genesis 32:20
5. Jacob had to be alone and wrestle in prayer to be reconcile
"And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day."
- Genesis 32:24
6. Jacob availed the opportunity God gave him to reconcile
"And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids."
- Genesis 33:1
7. Jacob had to humble before his brother to be reconcile
"3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."
- Genesis 32:3-4
