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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.
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A Methodical Peace Offering
Commentators explain that Jacob's instructions were a carefully crafted strategy. By sending multiple, separate groups of servants with the same humble message, he created a staggered and repeated peace offering. This was designed to give Esau time to cool down and absorb the message of goodwill before they met face-to-face.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And so commanded he the second and third: Those who had the care of the second and third droves, he ordered them to say t…
Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels…
