Four Hundred Men with Him — Genesis 32:3–8

SEIR
    And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom. And he commanded them, saying,
Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now: and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.
GEN 32:3–5

    And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying,
We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
400GEN 32:6

      Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
GEN 32:7

III
      and he said,
If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
GEN 32:8
— 162 —Genesis 32:3–8ASV