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Genesis 32:3-21

3AndJacobH3290sentmessengersbeforehimtoEsauhisbrother untothelandofSeir,thefieldofEdom.

4Andhecommandedthem, saying, Thusshallye say untomylordEsauH6215: Thus saith thy servantJacobH3290,IhavesojournedwithLaban,andstayed until now:

5andIhaveoxen,andasses,andflocks,andmen-servants,andmaid-servants:andIhavesenttotellmylordH113,thatImayfind favorinthy sight.

6AndthemessengersreturnedtoJacob, saying,Wecametothy brother Esau,andmoreoverhecomethtomeetthee,andfour hundredmenwithhim.

7ThenJacobH3290wasgreatly afraidandwasdistressed:andhedividedthepeoplethatwerewithhim,andtheflocks,andtheherds,andthecamels,intotwoH3967companies;

8andhesaid,IfEsau cometotheoneH834company,andsmiteit,thenthecompanywhichisleftshallescape.

9AndJacobsaidH559,OGodofmyfatherAbraham,andGodofmyfatherIsaac,OJehovah,whosaidst untome,Returnunto thy country,andtothy kindred,andIwilldothee good:

10Iamnotworthyoftheleastofallthelovingkindnesses,andofallthetruth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant;forwithmystaffIpassedoverthisJordan;andnowIambecometwo companies.

11Deliverme,Ipray thee,fromthehandofmybrother,fromthehandofEsau:forIfearhim, lesthecomeandsmiteme,themotherwiththechildren.

12Andthou saidst,Iwillsurelydothee good,andmakethy seedasthesandofthesea, which cannotbenumberedformultitude.

13Andhelodgedtherethatnight,andtookofthatwhichhehadwithhimapresentforEsauhisbrother:

14twohundred she-goatsandtwenty he-goats,twohundred ewesandtwenty rams,

15thirty milch camelsandtheir colts, forty cowsandten bulls,twentyH6242she-assesandten foals.

16Andhedeliveredthemintothehandofhisservants, every drovebyitself,andsaid untohisservants, Pass over beforeme,andputaspace betwixt droveanddrove.

17Andhecommandedtheforemost,sayingH559,WhenEsaumybrother meeteth thee,andasketh thee,sayingH559,Whoseart thou?andwhither goest thou?andwhosearethesebeforethee?

18thenthou shaltsayH559,Theyarethy servant Jacob’s;itisapresentsentuntomylordEsauH6215:and, behold,healsoisbehindus.

19AndhecommandedalsoH1571thesecond,andthethird,andallthatfollowedthedroves,sayingH559,OnthismannershallyespeakuntoEsauH6215,whenye findhim;

20andyeshallsayH559,Moreover, behold, thy servantJacobisbehindus.ForhesaidH559,Iwillappeasehimwiththepresentthatgoethbeforeme,andafterwardIwillseehisface; peradventurehewillacceptme.

21Sothepresentpassedoverbeforehim:andhehimselflodgedthatnightinthecompany.

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