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5 aI have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that bI may find favor in your sight.” ’ ”  
6 Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and ahe also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”  
7 So Jacob was greatly afraid and adistressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.  
8 And he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and1 attacks it, then the other company which is left will escape.”  
9 aThen Jacob said, b“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord cwho said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you’:  
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the amercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with bmy staff, and now I have become two companies.  
Commentaries:


No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 32:7.

Genesis 32:6-8

The first thought Jacob probably had was “he is bringing an army with him,” because 400 men is certainly a substantial army against a family, even a large family.

So he began to pray, asking God to protect him, and I am sure he was praying fairly fervently at that time. But even while he was praying, his mind was working on plans that might overcome his brother’s antagonism. His faith and trust in God were very weak. He decided to begin to give up his possessions.

Excerpted from Hosea's Prophecy (Part Six)

Genesis 32:4-8

What we are seeing here is that Jacob is clearly using all his knowledge of human nature or psychology to soften Esau’s heart towards him.

Excerpted from Reconciliation (Part One)

 
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