Genesis 32:3–11

³Then Jacob ^asent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of ^bSeir, the ¹country of ^cEdom.

⁴He also commanded them saying, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob, “I have sojourned with Laban, and ^astayed until now;

^5aI have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, ^bthat I may find favor in your sight.” ’ ”

⁶The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore ^ahe is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

⁷Then Jacob was ^agreatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies;

⁸for he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and ¹attacks it, then the company which is left will escape.”

⁹Jacob said, “O ^aGod of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, ‘^bReturn to your country and to your relatives, and I will ¹prosper you,’

¹⁰¹I am unworthy ^aof all the lovingkindness and of all the ²faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

¹¹“^aDeliver me, I pray, ^bfrom the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and ¹attack me and the ^cmothers with the children.