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Genesis 32:5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 32 · verse 5
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.Genesis 32:5 · King James Version
Genesis 32:5 in context
3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- womenservantsshiphchâha female slaveH8198 →
- menservantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- flockstsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- asseschămôwra male assH2543 →
- gracechêngraciousnessH2580 →
- oxenshôwra bullockH7794 →
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Now that Jacob was re-entering Canaan God, by the vision of angels, reminded him of the friends he had when he left it, and thence he takes occasion to remind himself of the enemies he had, particularly Esau.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-8