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


In Context

5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and herds, and camels, into two bands;

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

9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who saidst to me, Return to thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee;

10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shown to thy 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 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.'

The American 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.