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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?’

Genesis 32:17 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૩૨:૧૭
તેણે પહેલાને આજ્ઞા આપી, “મારો ભાઈ એસાવ તને મળે અને તને પૂછે, ‘તું ક્યાંનો છે? તું ક્યાં જાય છે? તારી આગળ આ જે પ્રાણીઓ ચાલે છે તે કોનાં છે?’
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ३२:१७
फिर उसने अगले झुण्ड के रखवाले को यह आज्ञा दी, “जब मेरा भाई एसाव तुझे मिले, और पूछने लगे, ‘तू किसका दास है, और कहाँ जाता है, और ये जो तेरे आगे-आगे हैं, वे किसके हैं?’

In context

15thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

16He 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.”

17He 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?’

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

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.

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