Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Genesis 32:16

14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

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

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

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?’

18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
KJV
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
BLB
And he gave [them] into the hand of his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, “Pass over before me and put some distance between herd and between herd.”
ÅB
Og han lot sine tjenere dra avsted med dem, hver flokk for seg, og han sa til sine tjenere: Far i forveien, og la det være et mellomrom mellom hver flokk!
OTB
Han plasserte dem under sine tjeneres omsorg, hver flokk for seg, og instruerte dem: “Gå foran meg og hold litt avstand mellom flokkene.”
B1930
Og han lot sine tjenere dra avsted med dem, hver hjord for sig, og han sa til sine tjenere: Far i forveien, og la det være et mellemrum mellem hver hjord!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references