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Jacob Returns to Canaan 32:9–12 Commendably, notwithstanding the plans to appease his brother (vv. 13–21), Jacob prayed for deliverance, rehearsing God’s own commands and covenant promise (v. 12; see 28:13–15), acknowledging his own anxiety, and confessing his own unworthiness before the Lord. This was Jacob’s first recorded prayer since his encounter with God at Bethel en route to Laban (28:20–22). 32:13–21 The logistics of Jacob’s careful appeasement strategy (550 animals Esau would prize) may