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Genesis 32:4

NETBible	He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant¹ Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 32:4	He instructed them: "This is what you are to say to my master Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 32:4	He also commanded them saying, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;
NLT © biblegateway Gen 32:4	He told them, "Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob! I have been living with Uncle Laban until recently,
MSG © biblegateway Gen 32:4	He instructed them: "Tell my master Esau this, 'A message from your servant Jacob: I've been staying with Laban and couldn't get away until now.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 32:4	And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 32:4	instructing them, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have lived with Laban as an alien, and stayed until now;
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 32:4	And he commanded them, saying, "Speak thus to my lord Esau, ‘Thus your servant Jacob says: "I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now.
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KJV	And he commanded <06680> (8762) them, saying <0559> (8800)_, Thus shall ye speak <0559> (8799) unto my lord <0113> Esau <06215>_; Thy servant <05650> Jacob <03290> saith <0559> (8804) thus, I have sojourned <01481> (8804) with Laban <03837>_, and stayed there <0309> (8799) until now:
NASB © biblegateway Gen 32:4	He also commanded <06680> them saying <0559> , "Thus <03541> you shall say <0559> to my lord <0113> Esau <06215> : 'Thus <03541> says <0559> your servant <05650> Jacob <03290> , "I have sojourned <01481> with Laban <03837> , and stayed <0309> until <05704> now <06258> ;
LXXM	(32:5) kai <2532> CONJ eneteilato <1781> V-AMI-3S autoiv <846> D-DPM legwn <3004> V-PAPNS outwv <3778> ADV ereite {V-FAI-2P} tw <3588> T-DSM kuriw <2962> N-DSM mou <1473> P-GS hsau <2269> N-PRI outwv <3778> ADV legei <3004> V-PAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM paiv <3816> N-NSM sou <4771> P-GS iakwb <2384> N-PRI meta <3326> PREP laban {N-PRI} parwkhsa {V-AAI-1S} kai <2532> CONJ ecronisa <5549> V-AAI-1S ewv <2193> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN nun <3568> ADV
NET [draft] ITL	He commanded <06680> them, “This is what <03541> you must say <0559> to my lord <0113> Esau <06215> : ‘This is what <03541> your servant <05650> Jacob <03290> says <0559> : I have been staying <01481> with <05973> Laban <03837> until <05704> now <06258> .
HEBREW	hte <06258> de <05704> rxaw <0309> ytrg <01481> Nbl <03837> Me <05973> bqey <03290> Kdbe <05650> rma <0559> hk <03541> wvel <06215> yndal <0113> Nwrmat <0559> hk <03541> rmal <0559> Mta <0853> wuyw <06680> (32:4) <32:5>


NETBible	He commanded them, “This is what you must say to my lord Esau: ‘This is what your servant¹ Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.
NET Notes	¹sn Your servant. The narrative recounts Jacob’s groveling in fear before Esau as he calls his brother his “lord,” as if to minimize what had been done twenty years ago.