So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.

While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”

When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:

The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”