Genesis 32:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ The messengers returned to Jacob saying, “We went to your brother Esau. Now he is coming to meet you and he has four hundred men with him.” ⁸ Jacob was terribly afraid and filled with anxiety. He divided the men of his camp into two groups along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels. ⁹ He thought, “If Esau were to come to one group and destroy it, the other would be safe.”