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He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”

Genesis 32:8 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૩૨:૮
તેણે કહ્યું, “જો એસાવ એક છાવણી પાસે આવીને તેની પર હુમલો કરે, તો બાકી રહેલી છાવણી બચી જશે.
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ३२:८
कि यदि एसाव आकर पहले दल को मारने लगे, तो दूसरा दल भागकर बच जाएगा।

In context

6The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies.

8He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”

9Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

10I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

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