# rescue me

"save me"

# from the hand of my brother, from the hand of [Esau](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/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](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau). AT: "from the power of my brother, [Esau](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau)" or "from my brother, [Esau](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau)" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# I am afraid of him, that he will

"I am afraid that he will"