Then they began traveling back to the land of Canaan where his father lived. All the flocks of animals that Jacob owned walked ahead of them. He carried everything that he had gotten while he lived in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 32:6 - Easy To Read Version The messengers came back to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you. He has 400 men with him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau; and now he is [on the way] to meet you, and four hundred men are with him. American Standard Version (1901) And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Common English Bible The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went out to your brother Esau, and he’s coming to meet you with four hundred men.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau thy brother, and, behold, he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men. |
Then they began traveling back to the land of Canaan where his father lived. All the flocks of animals that Jacob owned walked ahead of them. He carried everything that he had gotten while he lived in Paddan Aram.
I ask you to please save me from my brother. Save me from Esau. I am afraid of him. I am afraid that he will come and kill all of us, even the mothers with the children.
That message scared Jacob. He divided the people who were with him into two groups. He divided all the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups.
Jacob thought, “If Esau comes and destroys one group, then the other group can run away and be saved.”
Jacob looked and saw Esau coming. Esau was coming and 400 men were with him. Jacob divided his family into four groups. Leah and her children were in one group, Rachel and Joseph were in one group, and the two maids and their children were in two groups.
So Esau said, “Then I will leave some of my men with you to help you.”
Esau said, “Who were all those people I saw while I was coming here? And what were all those animals for?”
Shechem also talked to Jacob and the brothers. Shechem said, “Please accept me. I will do anything you ask me to do.
The people said, “You have saved our lives. We are happy to be slaves to Pharaoh.”
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Then Ruth said, “You are very kind to me, sir. I am only a servant. I am not even equal to one of your servants. But you have said kind words to me and comforted me.”
One day Ruth (the woman from Moab) said to Naomi, “I think I will go to the fields. Maybe I can find someone that would be kind to me and let me gather the grain he leaves in his field.”
Hannah said, “I hope you are happy with me.” Then Hannah left and ate something. She was not sad any more.