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16 He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.” 17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau (hairy) meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’ 18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob (he grasps the heel). They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau (hairy). And behold, Jacob is behind us.’” 19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you⁺ meet Esau (hairy), you⁺ are to say the same thing to him. 20 You⁺ are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob (he grasps the heel) is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau (I will appease his face) with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me \perhaps he will lift up my face/. Genesis 32:16-20, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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