2. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God's camp.” So he named the place Mahanaim.
3. Jacob sent messengers on ahead to Esau, who lived in the land of Seir, also known as Edom.
4. Jacob told them to say to Esau, “Master, I am your servant! I have lived with Laban all this time,
5. and now I own cattle, donkeys, and sheep, as well as many slaves. Master, I am sending these messengers in the hope that you will be kind to me.”
6. When the messengers returned, they told Jacob, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is heading this way with four hundred men.”
7. Jacob was so frightened that he divided his people, sheep, cattle, and camels into two groups.
22-23. Jacob got up in the middle of the night and took his wives, his eleven children, and everything he owned across to the other side of the River Jabbok for safety.