Verse 7
Genesis 32:7
Noah Webster Bible
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and herds, and camels, into two bands;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ הַ/מַּלְאָכִ֔ים אֶֽל יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֵ/אמֹ֑ר בָּ֤אנוּ אֶל אָחִ֨י/ךָ֙ אֶל עֵשָׂ֔ו וְ/גַם֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִ/קְרָֽאתְ/ךָ֔ וְ/אַרְבַּע מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ עִמּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the angels returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and he is also coming to meet you with four hundred men."
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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 God (Elohim)'s host: and he called the name of that place...
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I...
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And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants: and I have sent to tell my...
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he is coming to...
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the...
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And said, If Esau shall come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left,...
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And Jacob said, O God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, the LORD w...
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I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shown to thy...
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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 surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot...
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And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau, his...
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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 cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
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And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his serv...
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau, my brother, meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying,...
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Then thou shalt say, They are thy servant Jacob's: it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and behold...
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And so he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, In this man...
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And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with th...
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So the present went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the company.
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And he arose that night, and took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, an...
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And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that which he had.
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And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him, until the breaking of the day.
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And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollo...
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And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh; 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 be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power wit...
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And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: And he said, why is it that thou dost...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and my lif...
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And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
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Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrunk, which is upon the hollow of the...
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