Genesis 32:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s army!” So he called the name of that place Mahana′im.^[a]

Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau

³ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Se′ir, the country of Edom, ⁴ instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;