Genesis 32:11-15
Living Bible
11 O Lord, please deliver me from destruction at the hand of my brother Esau, for I am frightened—terribly afraid that he is coming to kill me and these mothers and my children. 12 But you promised to do me good, and to multiply my descendants until they become as the sands along the shores—too many to count.”
13-15 Jacob stayed where he was for the night, and prepared a present for his brother Esau: 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, 30 milk camels, with their colts, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, 10 male donkeys.
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Genesis 32:11-13
New King James Version
11 (A)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 (B)the mother with the children. 12 For (C)You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the (D)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 (E)a present for Esau his brother:
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- Genesis 32:11 Lit. strike
- Genesis 32:13 he had received
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