Genesis 32:16

The Passion Translation

He placed them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself. He told them, “Go on ahead of me, and put some space between each herd.”

Cross References

Genesis 32:15

thirty female camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

Genesis 32:17

He gave these instructions to the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you, and asks, ‘Who is your master? Where are you going? Who owns these herds you are driving?’

Genesis 32:20

And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us,’ ” because he reasoned, “If I can appease Esau with these gifts before I have to meet him face-to-face, he may accept me.”

Psalm 112:5

Life is good for the one who is generous and charitable, conducting affairs with honesty and truth.

Proverbs 2:11

If you choose to follow good counsel, divine design will watch over you and understanding will protect you from making poor choices.

Isaiah 28:26

Yes, his God has instructed him and taught him the right way of farming the land.

Matthew 10:16

Now, remember, it is I who sends you out, even though you feel vulnerable as lambs going into a pack of wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes yet as harmless as doves.”