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Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
Genesis 32:3-8
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And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,
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and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;
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and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.'
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And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;'
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and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who are with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,
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and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it--then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'
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