Genesis 32:19

19 He also ordered the second group, the third group, and everybody following the herds, "Say exactly the same thing to Esau when you find him.

Genesis 32:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 32:19

And so commanded he the second and third
Those who had the care of the second and third droves, he ordered them to say the same things, and in the same words as he had the first: and all that followed the droves;
either all that were with the principal driver; that if any of them should happen to be interrogated first, they might know what to answer; or those that followed the other droves, besides the three mentioned, which countenances Aben Ezra's notion of five droves, before observed: saying, on this manner shall you speak to Esau, when you find him;
that is, when they met him and perceived it was he that put questions to them.

Genesis 32:19 In-Context

17 He ordered the first group, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, ‘Who are you with? Where are you going? And whose herds are these in front of you?'
18 say, ‘They are your servant Jacob's, a gift sent to my master Esau. And Jacob is actually right behind us.'"
19 He also ordered the second group, the third group, and everybody following the herds, "Say exactly the same thing to Esau when you find him.
20 Say also, ‘Your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" Jacob thought, I may be able to pacify Esau with the gift I'm sending ahead. When I meet him, perhaps he will be kind to me.
21 So Jacob sent the gift ahead of him, but he spent that night in the camp.
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