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Genesis 32:4-9

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,

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