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Genesis 32:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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.” "
Genesis 32:6
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4 He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
5 I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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.”
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies.
8 He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
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Genesis 32:1
"Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him."
Genesis 32:2
"When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim."
Genesis 32:3
"Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom."
Genesis 32:4
"He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now."
Genesis 32:5
"I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”"
Genesis 32:7
"Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies."
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