Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.I'm not sure I could be as forgiving as Esau. Granted, it's been something like twenty years since they last saw each other, so that may be a mitigating factor that I can't really relate to (especially since I'm only 28). But the last time they did see each other, Jacob had just committed a huge theft from Esau, stealing Isaac's blessing.
Yet in their entire conversation, Esau never once brings up the things that Jacob has done against him. He is so happy to see his brother again that he does not even consider that. Jacob even gives him great flocks as a gift, but Esau tries to turn it down. I hope to one day become as forgiving as Esau is here.
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