Genesis 32:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ The messengers came back to Jacob. They said, “We went to your brother Esau. He’s coming now to meet you. He has 400 men with him.”

⁷ Jacob was very worried and afraid. So he separated the people with him into two groups. He also separated the flocks and herds and camels. ⁸ He thought, “Esau might come and attack one group. If he does, the group that’s left can escape.”