Genesis 32:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

² and when Jacob saw them he said, ‘This is God’s camp!’ So he called that place Mahanaim.^[a]

Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau

³ Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, ⁴ instructing them, ‘Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, “I have lived with Laban as an alien, and stayed until now;