Verse List for GEN 32:8

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OET (OET-RV) reasoning, “If Esaw comes and attacks one camp, then the camp that’s left can escape.”

OET-LV [fn] and_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he _was _afraid exceedingly and_it _was _distress to_him/it and_he _divided DOM the_people which with_him/it and_DOM the_flock and_DOM the_herd and_the_camels into_two _of camps.

ULT And he said, “If Esau comes to one camp and strikes them, then the camp that is left will escape.”

UST He did that because he thought, “If Esau and his men come and attack one group, then the other group might be able to escape.”

BSB & MSB He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

OEB and said, ‘If Esau comes to the one and attacks and destroys it, then the other which is left can escape.’

WEBBE & WMBB He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”

NET “If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought, “then the other camp will be able to escape.”

LSV and says, “If Esau comes to one camp, and has struck it—then the camp which is left has been for an escape.”

FBV saying to himself, “If Esau comes and destroys one group, the other one can get away.”

T4T He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.”

LEB And he thought, “If Esau comes to one company and destroys it, the remaining company will be able to escape.”

BBE And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS (32-9) And he said: 'If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.'

ASV and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

DRA Saying: If Esau come to one company and destroy it, the other company that is left shall escape.

YLT 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.'

Drby And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.

RV and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

SLT And he will say, If Esau shall come to the one camp and smite it, and the remaining camp was to escape.

Wbstr And said, If Esau shall come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, will escape.

KJB-1769 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

KJB-1611 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, shall escape.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And sayd, if Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other shall saue it selfe.
(And said, if Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other shall save itself.)

Gnva For he said, If Esau come to ye one company and smite it, the other companie shall escape.
(For he said, If Esau come to ye/you_all one company and smite it, the other company shall escape.)

Cvdl & sayde: Yf Esau come vpon the one droue, and smyte it, the other shal escape.
(and said: If Esau come upon the one drove, and smite/strike it, the other shall escape.)

Wycl and seide, If Esau schal come to o cumpeny, and schal smyte it, the tothir cumpeny which is residue schal be saued.
(and said, If Esau shall come to o company, and shall smite/strike it, the other company which is residue shall be saved.)

Luth Da fürchtete sich Jakob sehr, und ihm ward bange; und teilete das Volk, das bei ihm war, und die Schafe und die Rinder und die Kamele in zwei Heere.
(So feared itself/yourself/themselves Yakob very, and him what/which afraid; and shared the people, the at/in him was, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels in two armies.)

ClVg dicens: Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quæ relicta est, salvabitur.
(saying: When/But_if will_have_placed Esau to one team/troopm, and will_strike her, other team/troop, which abandoned it_is, will_be_saved.)

UHB 9 וַ⁠יֹּ֕אמֶר אִם־יָב֥וֹא עֵשָׂ֛ו אֶל־הַ⁠מַּחֲנֶ֥ה הָ⁠אַחַ֖ת וְ⁠הִכָּ֑⁠הוּ וְ⁠הָיָ֛ה הַ⁠מַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַ⁠נִּשְׁאָ֖ר לִ⁠פְלֵיטָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐφοβήθη δὲ Ἰακὼβ σφόδρα, καὶ ἠπορεῖτο· καὶ διεῖλε τὸν λαὸν τὸν μεθʼ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς βόας, καὶ τὰς καμήλους, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα, εἰς δύο παρεμβολάς.

BrTr And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.