Verse 1

And Jacob{H3290} lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and looked,{H7200} and, behold, Esau{H6215} was coming,{H935} and with him four{H702} hundred{H3967} men.{H376} And he divided{H2673} the children{H3206} unto Leah,{H3812} and unto Rachel,{H7354} and unto the two{H8147} handmaids.{H8198}

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 32:6-7 : 6 And the messengers{H4397} returned{H7725} to Jacob,{H3290} saying,{H559} We came{H935} to thy brother{H251} Esau,{H6215} and moreover he cometh{H1980} to meet thee,{H7125} and four hundred{H3967} men{H376} with him. 7 Then Jacob{H3290} was greatly{H3966} afraid{H3372} and was distressed:{H3334} and he divided{H2673} the people{H5971} that were with him, and the flocks,{H6629} and the herds,{H1241} and the camels,{H1581} into two{H8147} companies;{H4264}
  • Gen 32:16 : 16 And he delivered{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of his servants,{H5650} every drove{H5739} by itself, and said{H559} unto his servants,{H5650} Pass over{H5674} before me,{H6440} and put{H7760} a space{H7305} betwixt{H996} drove{H5739} and{H996} drove.{H5739}
  • Gen 27:41-42 : 41 And Esau{H6215} hated{H7852} Jacob{H3290} because{H5921} of the blessing{H1293} wherewith{H834} his father{H1} blessed him:{H1288} and Esau{H6215} said{H559} in his heart,{H3820} The days{H3117} of mourning{H60} for my father{H1} are at hand;{H7126} then will I slay{H2026} my brother{H251} Jacob.{H3290} 42 And the words{H1697} of Esau{H6215} her elder{H1419} son{H1121} were told{H5046} to Rebekah;{H7259} and she sent{H7971} and called{H7121} Jacob{H3290} her younger{H6996} son,{H1121} and said{H559} unto him, Behold, thy brother{H251} Esau,{H6215} as touching thee, doth comfort{H5162} himself, [purposing] to kill{H2026} thee.