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Jacob Met Esau [07-09]

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Jacob was very afraid because he thought Esau still wanted to kill him. So he sent many herds of animals to Esau as a gift. The servants who brought the animals said to Esau, “Your servant, Jacob, is giving you these animals. He is coming soon.”

他非常害怕,因为他认为以扫仍想要杀他。于是,他送许多牲畜给以扫作为礼物。将这些牲畜带去的仆人们告诉以扫说,这些动物是你的仆人雅各所送的礼物。他很快就会到。

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  • your servant, Jacob - Jacob was not actually Esau's servant. But Jacob told his servants to say this because he wanted to show Esau that he was coming to him humbly and respectfully, so that Esau would no longer be angry with him.