And when Jacob saw them, he said, [a]This is God’s host: and he called the name of the same place [b]Mahanaim.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:2 He acknowledgeth God’s benefits: who for the preservation of his, sendeth hosts of Angels.
  2. Genesis 32:2 Or, tents.
  3. 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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