Genesis 32:11

Rescue me, ¹  I pray, from the hand ²  of my brother Esau, ³  for I am afraid he will come ⁴  and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children. ⁵ 

De 22:6; 1Sa 12:10; 1Sa 24:15; Ps 16:1; Ps 25:20; Ps 31:2; Ps 43:1; Ps 59:1,2; Ps 119:134; Ps 142:6; Pr 18:19; Da 3:17; Ho 10:14; Mt 6:13

¹ tn The imperative has the force of a prayer here, not a command.

² tn The “hand” here is a metonymy for “power.”

³ tn Heb “from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau.”

⁴ tn Heb “for I am afraid of him, lest he come.”

⁵ sn Heb “me, [the] mother upon [the] sons.” The first person pronoun “me” probably means here “me and mine,” as the following clause suggests.