NET Bible
"Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children."
— Genesis 32:11, NET Bible
“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.”
“Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. ”
“Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.”
“Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him; lest perhaps he come, and kill the mother with the children.”
“Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.”
“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.”
“If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought,“then the other camp will be able to escape.”
Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’
I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.
But you said,‘I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’”
Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,