Jacob prepares himself for death row (Genesis 32:1-21)ДЎ And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.Дў And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is GodвЂ™s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.ДЈ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Д¤ And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:ДҐ And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.Д¦ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.Д§ Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands ДЁ And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.Д© And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:ДЎ0 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands.ДЎ1 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.ДЎ2 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.ДЎ3 And he lodged there that same night and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother ДЎ4 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,ДЎ5 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.ДЎ6 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.ДЎ7 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?ДЎ8 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant JacobвЂ™s it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.ДЎ9 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.Дў0 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For New King James text and comment, click here.

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