Verse 8
Genesis 32:8
Darby Translation
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And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַ/יֵּ֣צֶר ל֑/וֹ וַ/יַּ֜חַץ אֶת הָ/עָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֗/וֹ וְ/אֶת הַ/צֹּ֧אן וְ/אֶת הַ/בָּקָ֛ר וְ/הַ/גְּמַלִּ֖ים לִ/שְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת
English Translation
And Jacob was very afraid, and he distressed himself, and he divided the people who were with him and the sheep and the cattle and the camels into two camps.
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Chapter 32 Context
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And Jacob went on his way; and the angels of God (Elohim) met him.
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And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God (Elohim). And he called the name of that pl...
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And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of...
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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thu...
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and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that...
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming...
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and...
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And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall es...
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And Jacob said, God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who...
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I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy se...
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Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he...
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And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, whi...
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And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother
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two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
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thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young ass...
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And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his ser...
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose...
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then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also...
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And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According t...
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And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate...
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And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, an...
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and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.
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And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
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And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the join...
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And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless...
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And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with...
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And Jacob asked and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel For I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and my life...
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And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.
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Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to thi...
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