then say, ‘Sir, they belong to your servant Jacob. This is a gift sent to you. Jacob is right behind us.’ ”
He commanded the first servant, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and whose animals are these ahead of you?’
He also commanded the second servant, the third, and all the others who followed the herds. He said, “Say the same thing to Esau when you find him.