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I have brought back oxen and asses and sheep, men-servants and women-servants with me. And now, my lord, I have sent these envoys to thee, to secure thy good will. (Genesis 32, 5)
And this was the news the messengers brought back with them, We found thy brother Esau; even now he comes hastening to meet thee, with four hundred men. (Genesis 32, 6)
At this, Jacob was overcome with terror, and in his extremity he divided up his followers, the flocks of sheep, too, and the cattle, and the camels, into two companies; (Genesis 32, 7)
And now Jacob said, O God of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, thou, Lord, who hast bidden me return to my own country, the land of my birth, and hast offered to bless me, (Genesis 32, 9)
Save me now from the power of my brother Esau; I fear grievously that when he comes he will spare neither women nor children. (Genesis 32, 11)
Hast thou not promised me thy continued favour, and a posterity spread wide as the sand by the sea, that is beyond all counting? (Genesis 32, 12)
When he had slept the night there, he chose out of all his possessions a present for his brother Esau, (Genesis 32, 13)
two hundred she-goats and twenty buck-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, (Genesis 32, 14)
And to the first of these, his directions were, If thou shouldst encounter my brother Esau, and he should ask, Whose man art thou? or Whither goest thou? or Whose are these beasts thou tendest? (Genesis 32, 17)
thy answer is to be, They belong to thy servant Jacob, who is sending them as a present to my lord Esau; and he himself follows behind us. (Genesis 32, 18)
Then he bade the second do the like, and the third, and all the drovers in turn; these same words you are to use, he said, when you fall in with Esau, (Genesis 32, 19)
and be sure to add, Thy servant Jacob follows on behind us. I will not see him, he thought, until I have disarmed his anger with the gifts I have sent before me; then perhaps he will be well disposed towards me!✻ (Genesis 32, 20)
