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Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.
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Jacob said when he saw them, "This is God's camp." So he named * that place Mahanaim.
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Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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He also commanded them saying, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: 'Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;
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I have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants *; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.""'
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The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him."
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies;
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for he said, "If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape."
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Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will prosper you,'
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I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.
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