Genesis 32:15-17
New English Translation
15 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, and 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys. 16 He entrusted them to[a] his servants, who divided them into herds.[b] He told his servants, “Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.” 17 He instructed the servant leading the first herd,[c] “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong?[d] Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’[e]
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- Genesis 32:16 tn Heb “and he put them in the hand of.”
- Genesis 32:16 tn Heb “a herd, a herd, by itself,” or “each herd by itself.” The distributive sense is expressed by repetition.
- Genesis 32:17 tn Heb “the first”; this has been specified as “the servant leading the first herd” in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 32:17 tn Heb “to whom are you?”
- Genesis 32:17 tn Heb “and to whom are these before you?”
Genesis 32:15-17
New International Version
15 thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.(A) 16 He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”(B)
17 He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’
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