Genesis 32:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ And he gave into the hand of hisservants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put some distance between drove and drove.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And he put them into the charge of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, Pass over before me and put a space between drove and drove.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He separated these herds and gave them to his servants. He said to them, “Go ahead of me and put some distance between each of the herds.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he sent them by the hands of his servants, each flock separately, and he said to his servants: "Pass before me, and let there be a space between flock and flock."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove.

Genesis 32:16 Cross References

Genesis 32:15

thirty suckling-camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

Genesis 32:17

And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Ěsaw my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going? And whose are these in front of you?’

Genesis 32:20

and you shall say, ‘Also look, your servant Ya‛aqoḇ is behind us.’ ” For he said, “Let me appease him with the present that goes before me, and after that see his face. He might accept me.”

Psalm 112:5

Tet Good is a man showing favour and lending, Yod He sustains his matters in right-ruling.

Proverbs 2:11

Discretion would guard you; Understanding would watch over you,

Isaiah 28:26

For He instructs him for right-ruling, his Elohim teaches him.

Matthew 10:16

“See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

1 Samuel 25:19

And she said to her servants, “Pass over before me. See, I am coming after you.” But she did not inform her husband Naḇal.