Holy Scripture
Genesis 32:13
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“Then, intending to ask for peace from his brother, Jacob slept in the encampment. Perfect virtue possesses tranquility and a calm steadfastness; likewise the Lord has kept his gift for those who are more perfect and has said, "My peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you." It is the part of those who have been perf…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
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In context
11Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
12Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.
— Genesis 32:13 —
14And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried with him, and sent out to Esau his brother,
15two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,