Cross references

Genesis 32:6

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

Genesis 32:6 BSB

Genesis 32:6 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 33:1 (6 votes) and Genesis 27:40–41 (3 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Genesis 25 to Luke 12.

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Which verses does Genesis 32:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

  2. You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.” Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

  3. He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

  4. Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

  5. Amos 5:193 votes

    It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Which verses point to Genesis 32:6?

The 10 strongest of 12.