1. As Jacob was on his way back home, some of God's angels came and met him.
2. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God's camp.” So he named the place Mahanaim.
3. Jacob sent messengers on ahead to Esau, who lived in the land of Seir, also known as Edom.
4. Jacob told them to say to Esau, “Master, I am your servant! I have lived with Laban all this time,
5. and now I own cattle, donkeys, and sheep, as well as many slaves. Master, I am sending these messengers in the hope that you will be kind to me.”
6. When the messengers returned, they told Jacob, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is heading this way with four hundred men.”
14-15. two hundred female goats and twenty males, two hundred female sheep and twenty males, thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten males.
22-23. Jacob got up in the middle of the night and took his wives, his eleven children, and everything he owned across to the other side of the River Jabbok for safety.