Verse 6
Genesis 32:6
World English Bible, British Edition
6
The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau.
He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יְהִי לִ/י֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַ/חֲמ֔וֹר צֹ֖אן וְ/עֶ֣בֶד וְ/שִׁפְחָ֑ה וָֽ/אֶשְׁלְחָ/ה֙ לְ/הַגִּ֣יד לַֽ/אדֹנִ֔/י לִ/מְצֹא חֵ֖ן בְּ/עֵינֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And there will be to me an ox and a donkey, sheep and a servant and a maidservant, and I will send to tell my lord to find favor in your eyes.
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Chapter 32 Context
1
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God (Elohim) met him.
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2
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God (Elohim)’s army.” He called the name
of that place Mahana...
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3
Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to
the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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4
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau:
‘This is what your servant, J...
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5
I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I
have sent to tell my lord, tha...
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6
The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau.
He is coming to meet you, a...
7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people
who were with him, along wit...
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8
He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the
company which is left will esca...
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9
Jacob said, “God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, the
LORD, who s...
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10
I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all
the truth, which you have show...
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11
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau;
for I fear him, lest he come a...
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12
You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the
sand of the sea, which can’t be...
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13
He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had
with him a present for Esau, his brother...
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14
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and
twenty rams,
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15
thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female
donkeys and ten foals.
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16
He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself,
and said to his servants, “P...
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17
He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you,
and asks you, saying, ‘Whose a...
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18
Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present
sent to my lord, Esau. Behold,...
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19
He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed
the herds, saying, “This is how y...
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20
You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is
behind us.’” For, he said, “I wil...
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21
So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed
that night in the camp.
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22
He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants,
and his eleven sons, and crosse...
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23
He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which
he had.
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24
Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking
of the day.
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25
When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the
hollow of his thigh, and the hol...
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26
The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
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27
He said to him, “What is your name?”
He said, “Jacob”.
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28
He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel;
for you have fought with God (Elohim...
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29
Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”
He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So h...
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30
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and...
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31
The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because
of his thigh.
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32
Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which
is on the hollow of the thigh...
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