Genesis 32:4
ContextNET © | He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant 1 Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now. |
NIV © | He instructed them: "This is what you are to say to my master Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. |
NASB © | He also commanded them saying, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now; |
NLT © | He told them, "Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob! I have been living with Uncle Laban until recently, |
MSG © | He instructed them: "Tell my master Esau this, 'A message from your servant Jacob: I've been staying with Laban and couldn't get away until now. |
BBE © | And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban: |
NRSV © | instructing them, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have lived with Laban as an alien, and stayed until now; |
NKJV © | And he commanded them, saying, "Speak thus to my lord Esau, ‘Thus your servant Jacob says: "I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now. |
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NET © | He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant 1 Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now. |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago. |