Genesis 32:6
Then they went back to Jacob and said to him, “We went to your brother, and now he is coming to meet you. There are 400 men with him.”
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Genesis 27:40You will be a brave fighter. For a while you will work for your younger brother. Then later you will escape so that he won't rule over you.”
Genesis 32:8He thought, “If Esau fights with the first group then the others will escape safely.”
Genesis 33:1On that same day Jacob saw Esau coming to him and the 400 men with him. Then Jacob told Bilhah and Zilpah, to get their children together and stand in front. Then he told Leah to get her children together and stand in the middle. And he told Rachel and her son, Joseph, to stand behind the others.
Genesis 33:15Esau said, “Then I will leave some of my men with you.” “Why?” asked Jacob. “I only want to make you happy.”
Genesis 47:25They answered, “You have saved our lives and you have been good to us. So we will be the king's workers.”
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 →