Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

Cross-references

Genesis 32:6 Historical context

Genesis 32:6 reports that Esau is coming with 400 men — the very threat that prompts Jacob's fearful prayer for deliverance here.

In Genesis 43:14, Jacob again faces losing family members and surrenders them to God's mercy — echoing his earlier vulnerability before Esau.

Proverbs 18:19 describes an offended brother as harder to reach than a fortified city — exactly Jacob's situation with Esau.

David asks God to deliver him from Saul's hand, paralleling Jacob's plea — both appeal to God against a pursuing enemy who may strike.

Hosea 10:14 Parallel

Hosea 10:14 describes a mother 'dashed in pieces upon her children' in warfare — the same vulnerability Jacob fears for his family when Esau approaches with 400 men.

Matthew 6:13 prays 'deliver us from evil' — a universalized version of Jacob's plea for rescue from the specific threat of Esau.