Genesis 32:18

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He commanded the one in the lead: 'When my brother Esau meets you and asks,

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  • Gen 32:4-5 : 4 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 5 He instructed them: 'This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: Your servant Jacob says, I have been living as a foreigner with Laban and have stayed until now.'

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  • Gen 32:19-21
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    20He also instructed the second, the third, and all those who followed the herds: 'This is what you are to say to Esau when you meet him.'

    21You are to say, 'Your servant Jacob is behind us.' For he thought, 'I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me. After I see him, perhaps he will accept me.'

  • Gen 32:16-17
    2 verses
    88%

    16Thirty camels nursing their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.

    17He placed each herd in the care of his servants, and he instructed them, 'Go ahead of me and keep some distance between the herds.'

  • Gen 32:3-6
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    3When Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is God's camp.' So he named that place Mahanaim (Two Camps).

    4Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

    5He instructed them: 'This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: Your servant Jacob says, I have been living as a foreigner with Laban and have stayed until now.'

    6I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants, and I am sending this message to my lord so that I might find favor in your eyes.

  • Gen 33:8
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    8'What do you mean by all these camps I met?' Esau inquired. Jacob replied, 'To find favor in the eyes of my lord.'

  • Gen 32:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people with him, along with the flocks, herds, and camels, into two camps.

    9He thought, 'If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp that is left will escape.'

  • Gen 33:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12'Let us get started on our journey,' Esau said, 'and I will go along with you.'

    13But Jacob replied, 'My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds that are nursing are my responsibility. If they are driven hard even for one day, all the flocks will die.'

    14'Let my lord go ahead of his servant; I will move at a gentle pace as the livestock and children are able to go until I come to my lord in Seir.'

    15Esau said, 'Let me leave some of my men with you.' But Jacob replied, 'Why do that? If I have found favor in your eyes, let it be as it is.'

  • Gen 30:29
    73%

    29Jacob said to him, 'You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.'

  • Gen 33:5
    72%

    5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, 'Who are these with you?' Jacob replied, 'They are the children whom God has graciously given to your servant.'

  • Gen 33:1
    72%

    1Jacob looked up and saw Esau approaching with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

  • Deut 2:4
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    4And he commanded the people, saying, ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful.

  • Gen 32:13
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    13But you said, 'Surely I will treat you well and make your descendants as numerous as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'

  • Gen 30:31
    71%

    31Laban asked, 'What shall I give you?' Jacob replied, 'You shall give me nothing. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to tend and watch over your flock.'

  • Gen 50:18
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    18Then his brothers also came, bowed down before him, and said, 'We are your servants.'

  • Gen 33:10
    71%

    10Jacob said, 'No, please, if I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. Seeing your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have accepted me.'

  • Gen 27:37
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    37Isaac answered Esau, 'Behold, I have made him lord over you and have given him all his brothers as servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?'

  • Gen 31:3
    71%

    3Then the LORD said to Jacob, 'Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.'

  • Gen 27:6
    71%

    6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, 'Look, I overheard your father speaking to your brother Esau.'