Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and (A)he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

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Jacob and Esau Meet

33 Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, (A)Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

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19 It will be (A)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!

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11 (A)Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and [a]attack me and (B)the mother with the children.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:11 Lit. strike

And he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and [a]attacks it, then the other company which is left will escape.”

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  1. Genesis 32:8 Lit. strikes

40 By your sword you shall live,
And (A)you shall serve your brother;
And (B)it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

Jacob Escapes from Esau

41 So Esau (C)hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, (D)“The days of mourning for my father [a]are at hand; (E)then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:41 are soon here

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