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49 Jacob sends gift to Esau; grapples with angel GENESIS 32:4-25
brother to the land of Seir, a the CHAP. 32 came to his hand he proceeded
field of Edom, b 4 and he commanded
to take a gift for Esau his broth-
them, saying: “This is
er: a 14 two hundred she-goats
what YOU will say to my lord, c
to Esau,‘Thisiswhatyourservant
and twenty he-goats, two hundred
female sheep and twenty
Jacob has said: “With La-
rams, 15 thirty camels giving
ban I have resided as an alien
andIhavestayedforalongtime
suck and their young ones, forty
cows and ten bulls, twenty sheasses
and ten full-grown asses. b
16 Then he handed over to his
servants one drove after another
by itself and repeatedly said to
his servants: “Cross over ahead
of me, and YOU are to set an interval
between drove and drove.” c
17 Further he commanded the
first one, saying: “In case that
Esau my brother should meet
till now. d 5 And I have come to
have bulls and asses, sheep, and
menservants and maidservants, e
and I would like to send to notify
my lord, that I may find favor
in your eyes.” ’ ” f
6 In time the messengers returned
to Jacob, saying: “We got
to your brother Esau, and he is
also on his way to meet you, and
four hundred men with him.” g
7 And Jacob became very much
afraid and grew anxious. h So he
divided the people who were with
him, and the flocks and the cattle
and the camels into two camps, i
8 and he said: “If Esau should
come to the one camp and assault
it, then there is certain to
be a camp remaining to make an
escape.” j
9 After that Jacob said:
“O God of my father Abraham
and God of my father Isaac, k
O Jehovah, you who are saying to
me, ‘Return to your land and to
your relatives and I will deal well
with you,’ l 10 Iamunworthyof
all the loving-kindnesses and of
all the faithfulness that you have
exercised toward your servant, m
for with but my staff I crossed
this Jordan and now I have become
two camps. n 11 Deliver
me, I pray you, o from my brother’s
hand, from Esau’s hand, because
I am afraid of him that he
may come and certainly assault
me, p mother together with
children. 12 And you, you have
said, ‘Unquestionably I shall deal
well with you and I will constitute
your seed like the grains of
sand of the sea, which cannot be
numbered for multitude.’ ” q
13 And he kept lodging there
on that night. And from what
a Ge 27:39
Ge 36:8
De 2:5
Jos 24:4
b Ge 25:30
Jg 5:4
c Ge 23:6
Ro 12:10
d Ge 31:41
e Ge 30:43
Ge 33:11
f Ge 33:8
Ge 47:25
g Ge 33:1
h Ge 27:41
Ge 32:11
i Pr 2:11
Ec 9:18
j Ge 33:1
k Ex 3:6
1Pe 5:7
l Ge 31:3
Ge 31:13
m Ge 28:15
Ps 100:5
Mic 7:20
n Ge 28:10
Ge 30:43
Ge 32:7
Ps 113:7
o Ps 34:4
Ps 107:19
2Pe 2:9
p Ge 27:41
Ps 112:8
Pr 18:19
q Ge 28:14
Ge 46:3
Ex 1:7
Ex 32:13
Ac 7:17
Second Col.
a Ge 33:10
Pr 18:16
Ro 12:20
b Ge 30:43
c Ge 33:8
Mt 10:16
d Ge 32:13
1Sa 25:27
e Ge 33:8
Lu 14:32
f Pr 13:17
g Pr 25:13
h Ge 43:11
1Sa 25:18
Pr 17:8
i Ps 133:1
Pr 6:3
j Ge 32:13
k Ge 29:30
Ru 4:11
l Ge 30:3
Ge 30:9
m Ge 30:26
n De 3:16
Jg 11:13
o Jos 12:2
p Ho 12:3
you and ask you, saying, ‘To
whom do you belong, and where
are you going and to whom
do these ahead of you belong?’
18 then you must say, ‘To your
servant, to Jacob. A gift it is, d
sent to my lord, e to Esau, and
look! he himself is also behind
us.’ ” 19 And he went on to
command also the second, also
the third, also all those following
the droves, saying: “According
to this word YOU are to
speak to Esau on YOUR encountering
him. f 20 And YOU must
say also, ‘Here is your servant Jacob
behind us.’ ” g For he said to
himself: “I may appease him by
the gift going ahead of me, h and
afterward I shall see his face.
Perhaps he will give a kindly
reception.” i 21 So the gift went
crossing over ahead of him, but
he himself lodged that night in
the camp. j
22 Later during that night he
rose and took his two wives k and
his two maidservants l and his
eleven young sons m and crossed
over the ford of Jabbok. n 23 So
he took them and brought them
over the torrent valley, o and he
broughtoverwhathehad.
24 Finally Jacob was left by
himself. Then a man began to
grapple with him until the dawn
ascended. p 25 When he got to