Genesis 32:3-11

3Then Jacob 1sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of 2Seir, the 3country of 4Edom. 4He also commanded them saying, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob, “I have sojourned with Laban, and 5stayed until now; 56I have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, 7that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

6The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore 8he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” 7Then Jacob was 9greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies; 8for he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and 10attacks it, then the company which is left will escape.”

9Jacob said, “O 11God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, ‘12Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will 13prosper you,’ 1014I am unworthy 15of all the lovingkindness and of all the 16faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies. 1117Deliver me, I pray, 18from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and 19attack me and the 20mothers with the children.