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Genesis 32:16

World English Bible

He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”

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Genesis 32:16 in other translations

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

Genesis 32:16 · American Standard Version

Genesis 32:16 in context

  1. 14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
  2. 15thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
  3. 16He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
  4. 17He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’
  5. 18Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’ ”