Genesis 32:17

New American Bible - revised edition

He put these animals in the care of his servants, in separate herds, and he told the servants, “Go on ahead of me, but keep some space between the herds.”

Cross References

Genesis 32:16

thirty female camels and their young; forty cows and ten bulls; twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

Genesis 32:18

He ordered the servant in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? To whom do these animals ahead of you belong?’

Genesis 33:3

He himself went on ahead of them, bowing to the ground seven times, until he reached his brother.