³And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of ^bSeir, the ^†country of Edom. ⁴And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: ⁵And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that ^cI may find grace in thy sight. ⁶And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also ^dhe cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. ⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; ⁸And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. ⁹And Jacob said, ^eO God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord ^fwhich saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: ¹⁰^†I am not worthy of the least of all the ^gmercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. ¹¹Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother ^†with the children.

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Genesis 32:10: I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

Footnotes

bch. 36:8, 9. Deut. 2:5. Josh. 24:4.
†Heb. field.
cch. 33:8, 15.
dch. 33:1.
ech. 28:13.
fch. 31:3, 13.
†Heb. I am less than all, &c.
gSee ch. 24:27.
†Heb. upon. So ch. 31:50. Hos. 10:14.

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