Genesis 32:6 meaning and explanation
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
Genesis 32:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob is traveling home after twenty years with Laban, and he has just sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau, whom he last left in murderous anger. The report that Esau is coming with four hundred men is deeply alarming, since Jacob cannot know whether this is a welcoming escort or a war party.
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