Genesis 32:3-8

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.”