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Genesis 32:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.” "

Genesis 32:8

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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.”

9 Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

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Genesis 32:1

"Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him."

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"When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim."

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"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."

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"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.’”"

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"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.”"

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