Genesis 32:4

English Standard Version

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. 

New International Version

4 He instructed them: ‘This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: “Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. 

New International Reader’s Version

4 Jacob told the messengers what to do. He said, ‘Here’s what you must tell my master Esau. “Your servant Jacob says, ‘I’ve been staying with Laban. I’ve remained there until now. 

King James Version

4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 

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