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Genesis 32:17

Esau

15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

16 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.

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

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BSB
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?’
KJV
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
WEB
He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’
ASV
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
DARBY
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?
BLB
And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom [are] you? And where are you going? And to whom [are] these before you?’
ÅB
Og han befalte den første og sa: Når min bror Esau møter deg og han taler til deg og spør: Hvem hører du til, og hvor skal du hen, og hvem eier denne flokk som du driver foran deg?
OTB
Han instruerte den som ledet: “Når min bror Esau møter deg og spør: ‘Hvem tilhører du, og hvor skal du, og hvem eier alle disse dyrene foran deg?’
B1930
Og han bød den første og sa: Når min bror Esau møter dig og han taler til dig og spør: Hvem hører du til, og hvor skal du hen, og hvem eier denne hjord som du driver foran dig?

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Cross references

  • Genesis 33:3

    And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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