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Genesis 32:8
Genesis 32:8 is verse 8 of Genesis chapter 32, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
King James Version
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
World English Bible
He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
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Genesis 32:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 33:1Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
Genesis 33:2He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Genesis 33:3But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.