Genesis 32:8 - Revised Version 1885

⁸ and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ and said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Thinking, If Esau comes to the one group and smites it, then the other group which is left will escape.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

Common English Bible

⁸ He thought, If Esau meets the first camp and attacks it, at least one camp will be left to escape.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ saying: "If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Saying: If Esau come to one company and destroy it, the other company that is left shall escape.

Genesis 32:8 Cross References

Genesis 32:7

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

Genesis 32:9

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.