Genesis 32:1-7 ▼

1 Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.

2 Jacob said when he saw them, |This is God's camp.| So he named that place Mahanaim.

3 Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

4 He also commanded them saying, |Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: 'Thus says your servant Jacob, |I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;

5 I have oxen and donkeys [and] flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.|'|

6 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, |We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.|

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies;