(A)Then Jacob said, (B)“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord (C)who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you’: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the (D)mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with (E)my staff, and now I have become two companies. 11 (F)Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and [a]attack me and (G)the mother with the children. 12 For (H)You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the (I)sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”

13 So he lodged there that same night, and took what [b]came to his hand as (J)a present for Esau his brother: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:11 Lit. strike
  2. Genesis 32:13 he had received

Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham,(A) God of my father Isaac,(B) Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’(C) 10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness(D) you have shown your servant. I had only my staff(E) when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.(F) 11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid(G) he will come and attack me,(H) and also the mothers with their children.(I) 12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(J) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(K)’”

13 He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift(L) for his brother Esau: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,(M)

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