Genesis 32:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.”
Genesis 32:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 32:16 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 32:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 32:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.””
Genesis 32:16 — World English Bible
Genesis 32:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.”
Genesis 32:16 — American Standard Version
Genesis 32:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.'”
Genesis 32:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 32:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.”
Genesis 32:16 — Darby Translation
Genesis 32:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, and put a space betweene droue and droue.”
Genesis 32:16 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 32:16 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And he gave them into the hand of his servants, drove by drove alone, and he said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove."”
Genesis 32:16 — The Living Sword
Genesis 32:16 in Context — Genesis 32
14 deux cents chèvres et vingt boucs, deux cents brebis et vingt béliers,
15 trente femelles de chameaux avec leurs petits qu’elles allaitaient, quarante vaches et dix taureaux, vingt ânesses et dix ânes.
16 Il les remit à ses serviteurs, troupeau par troupeau séparément, et il dit à ses serviteurs: Passez devant moi, et mettez un intervalle entre chaque troupeau.
17 Il donna cet ordre au premier: Quand Ésaü, mon frère, te rencontrera, et te demandera: A qui es-tu? Où vas-tu? Et à qui appartient ce troupeau devant toi?
18 tu répondras: A ton serviteur Jacob; c’est un présent envoyé à mon seigneur Ésaü; et voici, il vient lui-même derrière nous.
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What Does Genesis 32:16 Mean?
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