Genesis 32:6
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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.When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
In other translations
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.When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
Hebrew words
וַיָּשֻׁבוּvaiyashuvuand they returnedH7725הַמַּלְאָכִיםhamal'akhimthe messengersH4397אֶל־'el-toH413יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559בָּאנוּbanuwe wentH935אֶל־'el-toH413אָחִיךָ'achikhabrother yourH251אֶל־'el-toH413עֵשָׂו'esavEsauH6215וְגַםvegamand alsoH1571הֹלֵךְholekh[he is] comingH1980לִקְרָאתְךָlikratechato meet youH7122וְאַרְבַּע־ve'arba'-and fourH702מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967אִישׁ'ishmanH376עִמּוֹ׃imo[are] with himH5973
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Related verses
- Genesis 33:1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
- Genesis 32:11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
- Genesis 32:8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
- Amos 5:19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
- Genesis 27:40-4140 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.40 You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.” 41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
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