Genesis 32:6-8
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6 Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother, to Esau, and furthermore (A)he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” 7 Then Jacob was (B)greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two camps. 8 And he said, “If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the camp which remains will escape.”
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Genesis 32:6-8
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6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”(A)
7 In great fear(B) and distress(C) Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups,[a](D) and the flocks and herds and camels as well. 8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group,[b] the group[c] that is left may escape.”
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- Genesis 32:7 Or camps
- Genesis 32:8 Or camp
- Genesis 32:8 Or camp
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