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rescue me
"save me"
from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau
Here the word "hand" refers to power. The two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second clarifies that the brother whom Jacob intended was Esau. AT: "from the power of my brother, Esau" or "from my brother, Esau" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism or rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
I am afraid of him, that he will
"I am afraid that he will"
make you prosper
"do good to you" or "treat you well."
I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea
God compared Jacob's descendants to the grains of sand around the sea. This emphasizes the large number of descendants that God will give Jacob. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
which cannot be numbered for their number
"which you cannot count because of their number"