5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’” 6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.” 7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
Genesis 32:5–7
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Genesis 33:1–2
1 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. 2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rea…
Genesis 32:17–19
17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’ 18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. A…
Book of Jubilees 28:28–30
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Genesis 30:42–43
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Genesis 33:7–9
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Genesis 33:14–16
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Genesis 32:12–14
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