Genesis 32:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 32:6

4 And he commanded them, saying, ^a“Speak thus to my lord Esau, ‘Thus your servant Jacob says: “I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now.

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.

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Interlinear Bible for Genesis 32:6:

And the messengers
mal'ak (#4397) returned
shuwb (#7725) to
'el (#413) Jacob,
Ya`aqob (#3290) saying,
'amar (#559) We came
bow' (#935) to
'el (#413) thy brother
'ach (#251) Esau,
`Esav (#6215) and also
gam (#1571) he cometh
halak (#1980) to meet
qir'ah (#7125) thee, and four
'arba` (#702) hundred
me'ah (#3967) men
'iysh (#376) with
`im (#5973)

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