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Genesis 32:3-11

3AndJacobH3290sentmessengersbeforehisfacetoEsauhisbrother,intothelandofSeir,thefieldsofEdom.

4Andhecommandedthem, saying, Thusshallye speaktomylord,toEsauH6215: Thy servantJacobH3290speaks thus —WithLabanhaveIsojournedandtarried until now;

5andIhaveoxen,andasses, sheep,andbondmen,andbondwomen;andIhavesenttotellmylordH113,thatImayfind favourinthine eyes.

6AndthemessengersreturnedtoJacob, saying,Wecametothy brother,toEsau;andhealsoiscomingtomeetthee,andfour hundredmenwithhim.

7ThenJacobH3290wasgreatly afraid,andwasdistressed;andhedividedthepeoplethatwerewithhim,andthesheepandthecattleandthecamels,intotwoH3967troops.

8Andhesaid,IfEsau cometotheoneH834troopandsmiteit,thentheothertroopwhichisleftshallescape.

9AndJacobsaidH559,GodofmyfatherAbraham,andGodofmyfatherIsaac, Jehovah,whosaidst untome:Returnintothy countryandtothy kindred,andIwilldothee good,

10—Iamtoosmallforalltheloving-kindnessandallthefaithfulnessthatthou hast shewn unto thy servant;forwithmystaffIpassedoverthisJordan,andnowIambecometwo troops.

11Deliverme,Ipray thee,fromthehandofmybrother,fromthehandofEsau;forIfearhim, lesthecomeandsmiteme, [and]themotherwiththechildren.

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