9 Heb “If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it.”
10 Heb “and he said, ‘If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it.” The Hebrew verb אָמַר (’amar) here represents Jacob’s thought or reasoning, and is therefore translated “he thought.” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.
11 Heb “the surviving camp will be for escape.” The word “escape” is a feminine noun. The term most often refers to refugees from war.

In other versions

thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”

He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.”

He thought, “If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it, the remaining one can escape.”

He thought, “If Esau meets one group and attacks it, perhaps the other group can escape.”

And he thought, “If Esau comes to one company and destroys it, the remaining company will be able to escape.”

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

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