Bible in Basic English
"Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;"
— Genesis 32:7, Bible in Basic English
“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;”
And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.