^32:16He entrusted them to³¹ his servants, who divided them into herds.³² He told his servants, “Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”

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31 Heb “and he put them in the hand of.”
32 Heb “a herd, a herd, by itself,” or “each herd by itself.” The distributive sense is expressed by repetition.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

These he handed over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He entrusted them to his slaves as separate herds and said to them, “Go on ahead of me, and leave some distance between the herds.”

NLTNew Living Translation

He divided these animals into herds and assigned each to different servants. Then he told his servants, “Go ahead of me with the animals, but keep some distance between the herds.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he put them under the hand of his servants, herd by herd, and said to his servants, “Cross on ahead before me, and put some distance between herds.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

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