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