Genesis 32:6-12

Genesis 32:6-12

[6] And the messengers  returned  to Jacob,  saying,  We came  to thy brother  Esau,  and also he cometh  to meet thee,  and four hundred  men  [7] Then Jacob  was greatly  afraid  and distressed:  and he divided  the people  that was with him, and the flocks,  and herds,  and the camels,  into two  bands;  [8] And said,  If Esau  come  to the one  company,  and smite it,  then the other company  which is left  shall escape.  [9] And Jacob  said,  O God  of my father  Abraham,  and God  of my father  Isaac,  the LORD  which saidst  unto me, Return  unto thy country,  and to thy kindred,  and I will deal well  [10] I am not worthy of the least  of all the mercies,  and of all the truth,  which thou hast shewed  unto thy servant;  for with my staff  I passed over  this Jordan;  and now I am become two  bands.  [11] Deliver me,  I pray thee, from the hand  of my brother,  from the hand  of Esau:  for I fear  him, lest he will come  and smite me,  and the mother  with  the children.  [12] And thou saidst,  I will surely  and make  thy seed  as the sand  of the sea,  which cannot be numbered  for multitude.