창 32:2 |
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And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. |
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창 32:3 |
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. |
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창 32:4 |
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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: |
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창 32:5 |
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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 thy sight. |
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창 32:6 |
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¶ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. |
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창 32:8 |
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And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. |
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창 32:9 |
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¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: |
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창 32:10 |
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I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. |
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창 32:11 |
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Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. |
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창 32:12 |
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And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. |
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