And Jacob will be greatly afraid and it will press upon him: and he will divide the people which were with him, and the sheep and the oxen, and the camels, into two camps.
Genesis 32:8 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And he will say, If Esau shall come to the one camp and smite it, and the remaining camp was to escape. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thinking, If Esau comes to the one group and smites it, then the other group which is left will escape. American Standard Version (1901) and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape. Common English Bible He thought, If Esau meets the first camp and attacks it, at least one camp will be left to escape. Catholic Public Domain Version saying: "If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: If Esau come to one company and destroy it, the other company that is left shall escape. |
And Jacob will be greatly afraid and it will press upon him: and he will divide the people which were with him, and the sheep and the oxen, and the camels, into two camps.
And Jacob will say, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaak, Jehovah having said to me, Turn back to thy land and to thy family, and I will do well with thee.
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.