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• Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom. (Genesis 32, 3)

• And he instructed them, saying: “You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau: ‘Your brother Jacob says these things: “I have sojourned with Laban, and I have been with him until the present day. (Genesis 32, 4)

• And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.” (Genesis 32, 6)

• Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies, (Genesis 32, 7)

• saying: “If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved.” (Genesis 32, 8)

• And Jacob said: “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me: ‘Return to your land, and to the place of your nativity, and I will do well for you.’ (Genesis 32, 9)

• Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am very afraid of him, lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons. (Genesis 32, 11)

• And when he had slept there that night, he separated, from the things that he had, gifts for his brother Esau: (Genesis 32, 13)

• And he instructed the first, saying: “If you happen to meet my brother Esau, and he questions you: “Whose are you?” or, “Where are you going?” or, “Whose are these which follow you?” (Genesis 32, 17)

• you shall respond: “Your servant Jacob’s. He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau. And he is also coming after us.” (Genesis 32, 18)

• Similarly, he gave orders to the second, and the third, and to all who followed the flocks, saying: “Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him. (Genesis 32, 19)

• And you will add: ‘Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us, for he said: “I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead, and after this, I will see him; perhaps he will be gracious to me.” ’ ” (Genesis 32, 20)