Genesis 32:16-18

Modern English Version

¹⁶ He gave them to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and keep a distance between each drove.”

¹⁷ He commanded the one leading, saying, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals belong?’ ¹⁸ then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is also behind us.’ ”