“He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
Genesis 32:8 (BSB)
Context Reading
6When 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.” 7In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels. 8He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.” 9Then 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,’ 10I 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.