Verse 4
Genesis 32:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְ/פָנָ֔י/ו אֶל עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑י/ו אַ֥רְצָ/ה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם
English Translation
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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Chapter 32 Context
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Jacob also went on the journey he had begun: and the angels of God (Elohim) met him.
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And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God (Elohim), and he called the name of that p...
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And he sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir to the country of Edom:
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And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I...
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I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to m...
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau thy brother, and behold he cometh with...
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid; and in his fear divided the people that was with him, and the flocks,...
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Saying: If Esau come to one company and destroy it, the other company that is left shall escape.
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And Jacob said: O God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, O Lord, wh...
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I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy s...
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Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him: lest perhaps he come, a...
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Thou didst say that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which...
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And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents for his b...
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Two hundred she goats, twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
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Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she asses, and ten of the...
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And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: G...
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And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? o...
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Thou shalt answer: Thy servant Jacob's: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau: and he comet...
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In like manner he commanded the second and the third, and all that followed with the droves, saying:...
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And ye shall add: thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us: for he said: I will appease him...
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So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.
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And rising early he took his two wives, and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over...
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And when all things were brought over that belonged to him,
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He remained alone: and behold a man wrestled with him till morning.
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And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it...
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And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go except th...
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And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.
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But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against Go...
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Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And h...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and m...
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And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.
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Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: be...
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