Genesis 32:16
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And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove.

space.

Genesis 32:20 And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.

Genesis 33:8,9 And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord. . . .

Psalm 112:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

Proverbs 2:11 That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

Isaiah 28:26 For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Context
Jacob's Fear of Esau
15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten of their foals. 16And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove.17And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these before thee?…
Cross References
Genesis 32:15
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten of their foals.

Genesis 32:17
And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these before thee?

1 Samuel 25:19
And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.

Lexicon
He entrusted them to
וַיִּתֵּן֙ (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

his servants
עֲבָדָ֔יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

in separate
לְבַדּ֑וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

herds
עֵ֥דֶר (‘ê·ḏer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5739: An arrangement, muster

and told
וַ֤יֹּאמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

them,
עֲבָדָיו֙ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

“Go on
עִבְר֣וּ (‘iḇ·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

ahead of me,
לְפָנַ֔י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and keep
תָּשִׂ֔ימוּ (tā·śî·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

some distance
וְרֶ֣וַח (wə·re·waḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7305: A space, interval, respite, relief

between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the herds.”
עֵ֖דֶר (‘ê·ḏer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5739: An arrangement, muster


Additional Translations
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

And he gave them to his servants each drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd."

and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, 'Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.'
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