Genesis 32:4-9

4He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says the following: “I have resided with Laban, and 1stayed until now; 5and 2I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants; and I have sent messengers to tell my lord, 3so that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore 4he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” 7Then Jacob was 5greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies; 8for he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and 6attacks it, then the company which is left will escape.”

9Then Jacob said, “7God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Lord, who said to me, ‘8Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will 9make you prosper,’