Genesis 32:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed, and he divided the people who were with him and the flocks and herds and camels into two companies,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

Common English Bible

⁷ Jacob was terrified and felt trapped, so he divided the people with him, and the flocks, cattle, and camels, into two camps.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid; and in his fear divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,

Genesis 32:7 Cross References

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him; he may come and kill us all, the mothers with the children.

Genesis 32:3

Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

Genesis 32:8

thinking, “If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it, then the company that is left will escape.”

Genesis 33:1

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.

Genesis 35:3

then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Psalm 107:6

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

Psalm 112:5

It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.

Psalm 142:4

Look on my right hand and see: there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.

Psalm 31:13

For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,

Exodus 14:10

As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord.

Proverbs 2:11

prudence will watch over you, and understanding will guard you.

Isaiah 28:26

For they are well instructed; their God teaches them.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 8:26

And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a dead calm.

John 16:33

I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”

Acts 14:22

There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

2 Corinthians 1:4

who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.

2 Timothy 3:12

Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.