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He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant[a] Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:4 sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago.
  2. Genesis 32:4 tn Heb “Laban and have lingered until now.”