KJV King James Version
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
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Genesis 32:17
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
WEB World English Bible
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?’
ASV American Standard Version
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he commandeth the first, saying, ‘When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
Surrounding context — Genesis 32
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob’s; it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us.
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
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וַיְצַ֥וH6680 · tsa.vahto commandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןH7223 · ri.shonfirstלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforיִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞H6298 · pa.gashto meetעֵשָׂ֣וH6215 · e.savEsauאָחִ֗יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙H7592 · sha.alto askלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayלְמִי־H4310 · miwho?אַ֙תָּה֙H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְאָ֣נָהH575 · anwhere?תֵלֵ֔ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוּלְמִ֖יH4310 · miwho?אֵ֥לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseלְפָנֶֽיךָ׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
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