Verse 5
Genesis 32:5
Bible in Basic English
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And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have Grace in his eyes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְצַ֤ו אֹתָ/ם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר כֹּ֣ה תֹאמְר֔וּ/ן לַֽ/אדֹנִ֖/י לְ/עֵשָׂ֑ו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּ/ךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב עִם לָבָ֣ן גַּ֔רְתִּי וָ/אֵחַ֖ר עַד עָֽתָּה
English Translation
And he commanded them to say: "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: 'Thus says your servant Jacob: I have dwelt with Laban and stayed until now.'"
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Chapter 32 Context
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And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God (Elohim).
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And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God (Elohim): so he gave that place the name of Ma...
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Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
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And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been li...
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And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my...
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When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, a...
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Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the h...
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And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
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Then Jacob said, O God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, the God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, the Lord...
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I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for wi...
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Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, p...
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12
And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may no...
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13
Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for hi...
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Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
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Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
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These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, a...
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And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant a...
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Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he...
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And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, sa...
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And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will...
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So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the...
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And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his elev...
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He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
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Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
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But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part o...
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And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till...
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Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God (Elohim) and...
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Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing...
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And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and sti...
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31
And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his d...
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32
For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg...
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