Genesis 33:15 - Exposition

And Esau said, Let me now leave (literally, set, or place ) with thee (as an escort or guard) some of the folk — i.e. armed followers ( vide Genesis 33:1 )— that are with me . But of even this proposal Jacob appears to have been apprehensive. And he said, What needeth it ! (literally, For what, or wherefore, this? ) let me find grace in the sight of my lord— meaning either, I am satisfied, since thou art gracious to me (Vatablus),—ἱκανὸν ὅτι ευ}ron xa&rin; e)nanti&on; sou ku&rie; ( LXX .); hoc uno tantum indigeo, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo (Vulgate),—or, be gracious to me in this also, and leave none of thy followers (Ainsworth, Patrick), though the two clauses might perhaps be connected thus: "Wherefore do I thus find grace in the eyes of my lord?" (Kalisch).