And said, If Esau comes to the one company, and smites it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said unto me, Return unto your country, and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you:
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.