4 And he instructed them, saying: 'You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau: 'Your brother Jacob says these things: 'I have sojourned with Laban, and I have been with him until the present day.
5 I have oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and men servants, and women servants. And now I send an ambassador to my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.' '
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.'
7 Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,
8 saying: 'If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved.'
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