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Genesis 32:8

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

KJV

dicens : Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quæ relicta est, salvabitur.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακώβ Ἐὰν ἔλθῃ Ἠσαὺ εἰς παρεμβολὴν μίαν καὶ ἐκκόψῃ αὐτήν, ἔσται ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἡ δευτέρα εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι.

LXX

and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

ASV

וַ/יִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַ/יֵּ֣צֶר ל֑/וֹ וַ/יַּ֜חַץ אֶת הָ/עָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֗/וֹ וְ/אֶת הַ/צֹּ֧אן וְ/אֶת הַ/בָּקָ֛ר וְ/הַ/גְּמַלִּ֖ים לִ/שְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Esau

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בָּקָר֙
bqr
noun · 180×
גְּמַלִּ֔ים
gmlym
noun · 53×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יֵּחָצ֖וּ
ychtsv
verb · 13×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מַחֲנֵ֣ה
mchnh
noun · 216×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×
תֵּ֨צֶר
ttsr
verb · 10×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.