Genesis 33:1

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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.

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  • Gen 32:6-7 : 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.” 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.
  • Gen 32:16 : 16 He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants,“Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”
  • Gen 27:41-42 : 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!” 42 When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, she quickly summoned her younger son Jacob and told him,“Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you.

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  • Gen 32:6-8
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    6The 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.”

    7Jacob 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 33:2-8
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    2He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.

    3But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

    4But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

    5When 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.”

    6The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.

    7Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

    8Esau 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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    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

    5There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.

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    3Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

    4He 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.

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    6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from Jacob his brother

  • Gen 32:19-20
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    19He 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.

    20You 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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    33So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.

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    6“Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied,“He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

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    17He 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?’

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    15So 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.”