1And at that time Jacob sent messengers to his brother Esau toward the land

2And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord, to Esau, Thus

3For I have been these twenty years with Laban, and he deceived me and

4And I served him in his house very laboriously, and God afterward saw my

5And I afterward through God's great mercy and kindness acquired oxen and

6And now I am coming to my land and my home to my father and mother, who are

7And those messengers went to Esau, and found him on the borders of the land

8And the messengers of Jacob told Esau all the words that Jacob had spoken

9And Esau answered them with pride and contempt, and said unto them, Surely

10And when he saw that his wealth was abundant and his riches great he fled

11And not only to Laban has Jacob done thus but also unto me has he done so,

12Now therefore I have this day come with my camps to meet him, and I will

13And the messengers returned and came to Jacob and said unto him We came to

14Now then know and see what thou shalt do, and pray before God to deliver

15And when he heard the words of his brother which he had spoken to the

16And Jacob prayed to the Lord his God, and he said, O Lord God of my

17I am the Lord God of thy father Abraham and the God of Isaac, unto thee do

18And thou didst establish thy words, and didst give unto me riches and

19And thou didst afterward say unto me, Return to thy parents and to thy

20And now that I have come, and thou didst deliver me from Laban, I shall

21Now therefore, O Lord God, deliver me, I pray thee, also from the hands of

22And if there is no righteousness in me, do it for the sake of Abraham and

23For I know that through kindness and mercy have I acquired this wealth;

24And Jacob ceased praying to the Lord, and he divided the people that were

25And he commanded them, saying, Keep yourselves at a distance with your

26And Jacob tarried there that night, and during the whole night he gave his

27And the Lord heard the prayer of Jacob on that day, and the Lord then

28And the Lord sent three angels of the angels of heaven, and they went

29And these angels appeared unto Esau and his people as two thousand men,

30And one camp went on and they found Esau coming with four hundred men

31And the whole of the camp shouted after them when they fled from Esau, and

32Surely we are the servants of Jacob, who is the servant of God, and who

33And the angels answered him, saying, As the Lord liveth, were not Jacob of

34And this camp passed from Esau and his men and it went away, and Esau and

35And when they had left it to go on, behold the third camp came toward him

36And Esau again answered them, saying, O then, Jacob my lord and your lord

37And they answered him, and said unto him, As the Lord liveth, were not

38And the third camp also passed from them, and he still continued his road

39And when Esau beheld the evil which the four angels had done to him and to

40And Esau concealed his hatred against Jacob, because he was afraid of his

41And Jacob tarried that night with his servants in their camps, and he

42And this is the amount of the present which Jacob chose from his flock to

43And he put them all in ten droves, and he placed each sort by itself, and

44And he commanded them, and said unto them, Keep yourselves at a distance

45And that which is before us is a present sent from Jacob to his brother

46And if they shall say unto you, Why doth he delay behind you, from coming

47So the whole present passed on in the hands of his servants, and went

48And when he passed all belonging to him over the brook, Jacob was left by

49And at the break of day the man left Jacob there, and he blessed him and

50And the sun rose upon him when he had passed the brook, and he came up to

51And they went on till midday, and whilst they were going the present was

52And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold Esau was at a

53And Jacob hastened and divided his children unto his wives and his

54And he passed before his children and wives to meet his brother, and he

55And the fear of Jacob and his terror fell upon his brother Esau, for Esau

56And when Esau saw Jacob running toward him, he also ran toward him and he

57And God put fear and kindness toward Jacob in the hearts of the men that

58And also Eliphaz, the son of Esau, with his four brothers, sons of Esau,

59And Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women with their offspring, the

60And Esau said unto Jacob, Who are these with thee, my brother? are they

61And whilst Jacob was speaking to Esau and his men, Esau beheld the whole

62And the present came before Esau, and Jacob pressed Esau, saying, Take I

63And Jacob said, It is incumbent upon me to give all this, since I have

64And Esau refused to take the present, and Jacob said unto him, I beseech

65And Esau took the present, and Jacob also gave unto Esau silver and gold

66And Esau divided the cattle that were in the camp, and he gave the half to

67And the silver and gold and bdellium he gave in the hands of Eliphaz his

68And Jacob answered his brother and said, I would do as my lord speaketh

69Therefore let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will go on slowly

70And Esau said unto Jacob, I will place with thee some of the people that

71Behold I will come unto thee to Seir to dwell there together as thou hast

72And Jacob said this to Esau in order to remove Esau and his men from him,

73And Esau hearkened to the voice of Jacob, and Esau returned with the four

Chapter 32

Jacob sends a Message of Peace to his Brother, who rejects it with