1. As Jacob went on his way, some angels met him.
2. When he saw them, he said, “This is God's camp”; so he called the place Mahanaim.
3. Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the country of Edom.
4. He instructed them to say: “I, Jacob, your obedient servant, report to my master Esau that I have been staying with Laban and that I have delayed my return until now.
5. I own cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and slaves. I am sending you word, sir, in the hope of gaining your favour.”
13-15. After spending the night there, Jacob chose from his livestock as a present for his brother Esau: 200 female goats and twenty males, 200 female sheep and twenty males, thirty milk camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten males.