Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 32:8
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He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
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And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
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He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
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and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
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Genesis 32
6 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.”
7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
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