Genesis 32:3-8 And Iacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the lande of Seir, the fielde of Edom

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And Iacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the lande of Seir, the fielde of Edom ⁴ And he commaunded them, saying: Thus shall ye speake to my Lorde Esau, thy seruaunt Iacob sayeth thus: I haue ben a straunger with Laban, and haue stayed there vnto this time ⁵ And haue oxen, asses, and sheepe, menseruauntes, and womenseruauntes: and haue sent to shewe [it] my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight ⁶ And the messengers came agayne to Iacob, saying: we came to thy brother Esau, and he commeth to meete thee, and hath foure hundred men with him ⁷ But Iacob was greatly afrayde, and wist not whiche way to turne him selfe: and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and oxen, and camelles, into two companies ⁸ And sayd, if Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other shall saue it selfe