14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows, and twenty bulls, twenty she-donkeys, and ten of their young.
16 And he sent them by the hands of his servants, each flock separately, and he said to his servants: 'Pass before me, and let there be a space between flock and flock.'
17 And he instructed the first, saying: 'If you happen to meet my brother Esau, and he questions you: 'Whose are you?' or, 'Where are you going?' or, 'Whose are these which follow you?'
18 you shall respond: 'Your servant Jacob's. He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau. And he is also coming after us.'
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