Genesis 32:6

Modern English Version

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and what is more, four hundred men are with him.”

Cross References

Genesis 31:18

Then he carried away all his livestock and all his goods which he had obtained, his acquired livestock which he had gotten in Paddan Aram, in order to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.

Genesis 32:7

Then Jacob was very afraid and distressed, and he divided the people that were with him, along with the flocks and herds and the camels, into two groups.

Genesis 32:8

He said, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the other camp which is left may escape.”

Genesis 33:1

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.

Genesis 33:15

So Esau said, “Let me leave some of the people that are with me with you.” But Jacob said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “These are to find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Genesis 34:11

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.

Genesis 47:25

They said, “You have saved our lives. Let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

Amos 5:19

as if someone fled away from a lion, but a bear attacked him, or got into the house and rested his hand on the wall, but a snake bit him.

Ruth 2:13

Then she said, “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the field and glean among the heads of grain behind anyone in whose eyes I may find favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

1 Samuel 1:18

And she said, “Let your handmaid find grace in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was not sad as before.