8. He thought, “If Esau attacks the one camp, then the other camp will be able to escape.”
9. Then Jacob prayed, “God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac! Lord, you said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your relatives, and I will make you prosperous.’
10. I’m not worthy of all the love and faithfulness you have shown me. I only had a shepherd’s staff when I crossed the Jordan River, but now I have two camps.
11. Please save me from my brother Esau, because I’m afraid of him. I’m afraid that he’ll come and attack me and the mothers and children too.
12. But you did say, ‘I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.’ ”
13. He stayed there that night. Then he prepared a gift for his brother Esau from what he had brought with him:
14. 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15. 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16. He placed servants in charge of each herd. Then he said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep a distance between the herds.”
17. He commanded the first servant, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and whose animals are these ahead of you?’
18. then say, ‘Sir, they belong to your servant Jacob. This is a gift sent to you. Jacob is right behind us.’”