Genesis 32:8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
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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- Genesis 33:1–3Rank 1 from verse 8
1AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
1¶ And Iacob lifted vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and with him foure hundreth men: and hee diuided the children vnto Leah, and vnto Rachel, and vnto the two handmaids.
2And he put the handmaides, and their chidren foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost.
3And hee passed ouer before them, and bowed himselfe to the ground seuen times, vntill hee came neere to his brother.
- Matthew 10:16Rank 2 from verse 8
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Genesis 32:8
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. A group, body, assembly, or number gathered or associated together. 2. Companionship or association; to associate with.
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To strike, hit, beat, wound, kill, defeat, destroy, afflict, plague, or bring a forceful blow, judgment, correction, or rebuke upon someone or something.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm.
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7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
7Then Iacob was greatly afraid, and distressed, and he diuided the people that was with him, and the flockes, and herdes, and the camels into two bands,
8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, shall escape.
Selected passage9¶ 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:
9¶ And Iacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst vnto me, *Returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kinred, and I will deale well with thee: