Genesis 32:3-8 Now Jacob had sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom,

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Now Jacob had sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom, ⁴ and had given them a charge, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau, Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban and staid till now. ⁵ And I have got oxen and asses and sheep and men servants and maid servants. And I have sent to give notice to my lord Esau, that thy servant may find favour in thy sight. ⁶ So the messengers returned to Jacob and said, We have been to thy brother Esau; and lo! he is coming to meet thee; and four hundred men with him. ⁷ Thereupon Jacob was greatly terrified and distressed. And he divided the people who were with him and the cattle and the camels and the flocks into two camps. ⁸ And Jacob said, If Esau come to the first camp and smite it, there will be another camp to escape.