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Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
Genesis 32:3-8
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And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:
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And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day:
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I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau, thy brother, and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men.
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid; and in his fear divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,
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Saying: If Esau come to one company, and destroy it, the other company that is left, shall escape.
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