Genesis 32:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men."

Cross References

Genesis 31:18

And he took all his substance and flocks, and whatever he had acquired in Mesopotamia, and he journeyed to his father Isaac, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 32:11

Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am very afraid of him, lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.

Genesis 32:7

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,

Genesis 32:8

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

Genesis 33:1

Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.

Genesis 33:15

Esau responded, "I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way." But he said, "There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord."

Genesis 33:8

And Esau said, "What are these companies that I have been meeting?" He responded, "So may I find favor before my lord."

Genesis 34:11

And Shechem even said to her father and to her brothers: "May I find favor in your sight, and whatever you will appoint, I will give.

Genesis 47:25

And they responded: "Our health is in your hand; only let our lord look kindly upon us, and we will serve the king with gladness."

Amos 5:19

It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.

Ruth 2:13

She said, "I have found favor before your eyes, my lord, who has consoled me, and you have spoken to the heart of your handmaid, who is unlike one of your young women."

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth, the Moabite, said to her mother-in-law, "If you order, I will go into the field and gather the ears of grain which escape the reaping hand, wherever I will find favor with the father of a family, who will be compassionate to me." She answered her, "Go, my daughter."

1 Samuel 1:18

And she said, "I wish that your handmaid may find grace in your eyes." And the woman went on her way, and she ate, and her countenance was no longer changed for the worse.