Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:3-11

3And JacobH3290 sentH7971 messengersH4397 before himH6440 to EsauH6215 his brotherH251 unto the landH776 of SeirH8165, the countryH7704 of EdomH123.1 4And he commandedH6680 them, sayingH559, Thus shall ye speakH559 unto my lordH113 EsauH6215; Thy servantH5650 JacobH3290 saithH559 thus, I have sojournedH1481 with LabanH3837, and stayed thereH309 until now: 5And I have oxenH7794, and donkeysH2543, flocksH6629, and menservantsH5650, and womenservantsH8198: and I have sentH7971 to tellH5046 my lordH113, that I may findH4672 graceH2580 in thy sightH5869.

6And the messengersH4397 returnedH7725 to JacobH3290, sayingH559, We cameH935 to thy brotherH251 EsauH6215, and also he comethH1980 to meet theeH7125, and four hundredH3967 menH376 with him. 7Then JacobH3290 was greatlyH3966 afraidH3372 and distressedH3334: and he dividedH2673 the peopleH5971 that was with him, and the flocksH6629, and herdsH1241, and the camelsH1581, into twoH8147 bandsH4264; 8And saidH559, If EsauH6215 comeH935 to the oneH259 companyH4264, and smite itH5221, then the other companyH4264 which is leftH7604 shall escapeH6413.

9And JacobH3290 saidH559, O GodH430 of my fatherH1 AbrahamH85, and GodH430 of my fatherH1 IsaacH3327, YhwhH3068 which saidstH559 unto me, ReturnH7725 unto thy countryH776, and to thy kindredH4138, and I will deal wellH3190 with thee: 10I am not worthy of the leastH6994 of all the merciesH2617, and of all the truthH571, which thou hast shewedH6213 unto thy servantH5650; for with my staffH4731 I passed overH5674 this JordanH3383; and now I am become twoH8147 bandsH4264.2 11Deliver meH5337, I pray thee, from the handH3027 of my brotherH251, from the handH3027 of EsauH6215: for I fearH3373 him, lest he will comeH935 and smite meH5221, and the motherH517 withH5921 the childrenH1121.3

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 32:3 country: Heb. field. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 32:10 I am not…: Heb. I am less than all. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 32:11 with: Heb. upon. ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 32

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