Genesis 32:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
In context
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
Genesis 32:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
- KJV King James Version
- And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and saith, 'If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it — then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And said, If Esau shall come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, will escape.