Genesis 32:6
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6 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”(A)
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Genesis 33:1
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Jacob and Esau Meet
33 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.(A)
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Amos 5:19
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19 as if someone fled from a lion
and was met by a bear
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
and was bitten by a snake.(A)
Genesis 32:11
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11 Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him; he may come and kill us all, the mothers with the children.(A)
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Genesis 32:8
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8 thinking, “If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it, then the company that is left will escape.”
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Genesis 27:40-41
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40 By your sword you shall live,
and you shall serve your brother,
but when you break loose,[a]
you shall break his yoke from your neck.”(A)
Jacob Escapes Esau’s Fury
41 Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”(B)
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- 27.40 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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