Genesis 32:6
The messengers returned to Jacob and said,“We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”
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- Gen 33:1 : 1 Jacob Meets Esau Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
- Amos 5:19 : 19 Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
- Gen 27:40-41 : 40 You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck.” 41 So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately,“The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”
- Gen 32:8 : 8 “If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought,“then the other camp will be able to escape.”
- Gen 32:11 : 11 Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.
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1 Jacob Meets Esau Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
- Gen 32:3-53 verses79%
3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.
4 He commanded them,“This is what you must say to my lord Esau:‘This is what your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.
5 I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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7 Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.
8 “If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought,“then the other camp will be able to escape.”
- Gen 32:17-204 verses77%
17 He instructed the servant leading the first herd,“When my brother Esau meets you and asks,‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’
18 then you must say,‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”
19 He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying,“You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20 You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”
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8 Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”
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15 So Esau said,“Let me leave some of my men with you.”“Why do that?” Jacob replied.“My lord has already been kind enough to me.”
- Gen 33:4-52 verses71%
4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.
5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked,“Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied,“The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
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14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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29 They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,