8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.


In Context

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 your sight.

6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.

7 Then 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;

8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which said to me, Return to your country, and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you:

10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

Genesis 32:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

32:8He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:8Saying: If Esau come to one company and destroy it, the other company that is left shall escape.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:8and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:8And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:8and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:8And said, If Esau shall come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, will escape.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:8and he said, |If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:8and saith, 'If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it — then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'