Genesis 32:11

32:11 Rescue me,19 I pray, from the hand20 of my brother Esau,21 for I am afraid he will come22 and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.23

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19	tn The imperative has the force of a prayer here, not a command.
20	tn The “hand” here is a metonymy for “power.”
21	tn Heb “from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau.”
22	tn Heb “for I am afraid of him, lest he come.”
23	sn Heb “me, [the] mother upon [the] sons.” The first person pronoun “me” probably means here “me and mine,” as the following clause suggests.