32:1 So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God ¹  met him. 32:2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, ²  “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim. ³ 

32:3 Jacob sent messengers on ahead ⁴  to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region ⁵  of Edom. 32:4 He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant ⁶  Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now. 32:5 I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent ⁷  this message ⁸  to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

32:6 The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.” 32:7 Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels. 32:8 “If Esau attacks one camp,” ⁹  he thought, ¹⁰  “then the other camp will be able to escape.” ¹¹ 

32:9 Then Jacob prayed, ¹²  “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you said ¹³  to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’ ¹⁴  32:10 I am not worthy of all the faithful love ¹⁵  you have shown ¹⁶  your servant. With only my walking stick ¹⁷  I crossed the Jordan, ¹⁸  but now I have become two camps. 32:11 Rescue me, ¹⁹  I pray, from the hand ²⁰  of my brother Esau, ²¹  for I am afraid he will come ²²  and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children. ²³  32:12 But you ²⁴  said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper ²⁵  and will make ²⁶  your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’” ²⁷ 

32:13 Jacob ²⁸  stayed there that night. Then he sent ²⁹  as a gift ³⁰  to his brother Esau