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and I own oxen, beasts of burden and flocks, and men and women slaves. I send news of this to my lord in the hope of winning your favour." ' (Genesis 32, 6)
I am unworthy of all the faithful love and constancy you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, and now I have grown into two camps. (Genesis 32, 11)
I implore you, save me from my brother Esau's clutches, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me, mothers and children alike. (Genesis 32, 12)
Then Jacob passed that night there. From what he had with him he chose a gift for his brother Esau: (Genesis 32, 14)
thirty camels in milk with their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male. (Genesis 32, 16)
He gave the leading man this order: 'When my brother Esau meets you and asks, "Whose man are you? Where are you going? Whose are those animals that you are driving?" (Genesis 32, 18)
you will answer, "Your servant Jacob's. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And Jacob himself is just behind us." ' (Genesis 32, 19)
He gave the same order to the second and the third, and to all who were following the droves. 'That is what you must say to Esau when you find him. (Genesis 32, 20)
And you must add, "Your servant Jacob himself is just behind us." ' For he thought, 'If I conciliate him by sending a gift in advance, perhaps he will be well inclined towards me when I face him.' (Genesis 32, 21)
That same night he got up and, taking his two wives, his two slave-girls and his eleven children, crossed the ford of the Jabbok. (Genesis 32, 23)
He said, 'Let me go, for day is breaking.' Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.' (Genesis 32, 27)
Esau asked, 'What was the purpose of that whole camp I just met?' 'To win my lord's favour,' he replied. (Genesis 33, 8)
