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Genesis 32:6

When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.

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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

In Context

5And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.

7Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;

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Cross References

Genesis 27:40By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

Genesis 32:8And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.

Genesis 33:1Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

Genesis 33:15And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

Genesis 47:25And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

Ruth 2:13Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:4-9

3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and… Read the whole commentary →

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