Genesis 32:16 Cross References: 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.

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He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, "Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds."

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Genesis 32:15
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

Genesis 32:17
He instructed the one in the lead, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?'

1 Samuel 25:19
and said to her young men, "Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

Chapter Outline

1. Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
3. His message to Esau.
6. He is afraid of Esau's coming.
9. He prays for deliverance.
13. He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.
24. He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel.
31. He halts.

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Genesis 32:20
You are also to say, 'Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" For he thought, "I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me."

Genesis 33:8, 9
"What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?" asked Esau. "To find favor in your sight, my lord, " Jacob answered. . . .

Psalm 112:5
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

Proverbs 2:11
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Isaiah 28:26
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

Matthew 10:16
Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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