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11 Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid—afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children. 12 (A)Remember that you promised to make everything go well for me and to give me more descendants than anyone could count, as many as the grains of sand along the seashore.”

13-15 After spending the night there, Jacob chose from his livestock as a present for his brother Esau: 200 female goats and 20 males, 200 female sheep and 20 males, 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 males.

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11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid(A) he will come and attack me,(B) and also the mothers with their children.(C) 12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(D) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(E)’”

13 He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift(F) for his brother Esau:

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