19He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, |This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.


In Context

16 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, |Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.|

17 He commanded the foremost, saying, |When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'

18 Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'|

19 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, |This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.

20 You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'| For, he said, |I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.|

21 So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

Genesis 32:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

32:19He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: "You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:19In like manner he commanded the second and the third, and all that followed with the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:19And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:19And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:19And so he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, In this manner shall ye speak to Esau, when ye find him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:19And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, 'According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall you speak to Esau, when you find him.