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.'


In Context

5 and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.'

6 And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, 'We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;'

7 and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who are with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,

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

9 And Jacob saith, 'God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee:

10 I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant — for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

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 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.