He also commanded them saying, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob, “I have sojourned with Laban, and (A)stayed until now; (B)I have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, (C)that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore (D)he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

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