16. And he put them into the charge of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, Pass over before me and put a space between drove and drove.
17. And he commanded the first, When Esau my brother meets you and asks to whom you belong, where you are going, and whose are the animals before you,
18. Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau; and moreover, he is behind us.