¹⁶ Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put some distance between successive droves.”

Persecutions Are Coming^(A)

^16 (B)“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. ^(C)Therefore be wise as serpents and ^(D)harmless^[a] as doves.

⁸ Then Esau said, “What do you mean by ^(A)all this company which I met?”

And he said, “These are ^(B)to find favor in the sight of my lord.”

⁹ But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

²⁰ and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will ^(A)appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”