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Genesis 32:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
Genesis 32:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
11 I pray thee, Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the [a]mother upon the children.
12 And thou saidest, I will surely do to thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 ¶ And he tarried there that same night and took of that which came to hand, a [b]present for Esau his brother:
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- Genesis 32:11 Meaning, he will put all to death. This proverb cometh of them which kill the bird together with his young ones.
- Genesis 32:13 Not distrusting God’s assistance, but using such means as God had given him.
Genesis 32:11-13
New International Version
Genesis 32:11-13
New International Version
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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