3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 32:3
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Book of Jubilees 36:18–20
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Genesis 32:12–14
12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’” 13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau: 14 200 female goats,…
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