THEOSISGenesis 32:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Saying: If Esau come to one company, and destroy it, the other company that is left, shall escape.
וַיִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַיֵּ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ וְאֶת־הַצֹּ֧אן וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֛ר וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖ים לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 33:1And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids.
- Gen 33:3And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times, until his brother came near.
- Matt 10:16Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.