Chapter
Genesis 32
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Book 1
Verses 32
| Reference | Verse |
|---|---|
| Genesis 32:1 | And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. |
| Genesis 32:2 | And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. |
| Genesis 32:3 | And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. |
| Genesis 32:4 | And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: |
| Genesis 32:5 | And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. |
| Genesis 32:6 | And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. |
| Genesis 32:7 | Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; |
| Genesis 32:8 | And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. |
| Genesis 32:9 | And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: |
| Genesis 32:10 | I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. |
| Genesis 32:11 | Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. |
| Genesis 32:12 | And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. |
| Genesis 32:13 | And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; |
| Genesis 32:14 | Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, |
| Genesis 32:15 | Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. |
| Genesis 32:16 | And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. |
| Genesis 32:17 | And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? |
| Genesis 32:18 | Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. |
| Genesis 32:19 | And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. |
| Genesis 32:20 | And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. |
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