3Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
4And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
5And 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.
6When 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.
7Then 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;
8And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
9Then 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:
