Genesis 32:6
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
KJV
Reversique sunt nuntii ad Jacob, dicentes : Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν οἱ ἄγγελοι πρὸς Ἰακὼβ λέγοντες Ἤλθομεν πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου Ἠσαύ, καὶ ἔρχεται εἰς συνάντησίν σοι, καὶ τετρακόσιοι ἄνδρες μετ’ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
ASV
וַֽ/יְהִי לִ/י֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַ/חֲמ֔וֹר צֹ֖אן וְ/עֶ֣בֶד וְ/שִׁפְחָ֑ה וָֽ/אֶשְׁלְחָ/ה֙ לְ/הַגִּ֣יד לַֽ/אדֹנִ֔/י לִ/מְצֹא חֵ֖ן בְּ/עֵינֶֽי/ךָ
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12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 5:19 — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Gen 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall se
- Gen 27:40 — And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Gen 27:40 — And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Gen 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
- Gen 32:8 — And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
- Gen 32:11 — 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.
- Gen 33:1 — And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
- Gen 33:1 — And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
- Prov 16:7 — When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
- Prov 18:19 — A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.