^32:18then you must say,³⁶ ‘They belong³⁷ to your servant Jacob.³⁸ They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau.³⁹ In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’ ”⁴⁰

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Footnotes

36 The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive; it has the nuance of an imperfect of instruction.
37 The words “they belong” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
38 Heb “to your servant, to Jacob.”
39 Heb “to my lord, to Esau.”
40 Heb “and look, also he [is] behind us.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

then you shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

then tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look, he is behind us.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

You must reply, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then you must say, ‘To your servant, to Jacob. It is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. Now behold, he is also coming after us.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

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