To whom he gave commandment, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my [a]lord Esau: thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have been a stranger with Laban, and tarried unto this time.

I have beeves also and asses, sheep, and men servants, and women servants, and have sent to show my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

¶ So the messengers came again to Jacob, saying, We came unto thy brother Esau, and he also cometh against thee and four hundred men with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:4 He reverenced his brother in worldly things, because he chiefly looked to be preferred to the spiritual promise.

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