⁷ When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,^(A)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

⁷ In great fear^(A) and distress^(B) Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups,^[a](C) and the flocks and herds and camels as well.

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)