^{7 Ref} Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

^{8 Ref} and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."

^{9 Ref} Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good.'

^{10 Ref} I 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 passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

^{11 Ref} Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.

^{12 Ref} You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"