Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 33:14

14 Let my Lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me, and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my Lord unto Seir .

We do not read that Iacob did according to this promise or insinuation go to Seir, either therefore he changed his first intentions for some weighty reasons or upon warning from God: Or, he used this onely as a pretence, which we should not too easily believe of so good a man, especially after such dangers and deliverances: or rather he did perform this promise, though the Scripture be silent of it, as it is of many other historical passages, and as it is here concerning Iacobs visiting of his father Isaac, which is not mentioned till ten years after this time, and yet it is utterly incredible that Iacob should be so near to his dear and worthy Father for so long a time together, and not once give him a visit.

Marginal references: Heb. according to the foot of the work▪ &c. and according to the foot of the children.