en_tn/gen/32/11.md

## rescue me ##

"save me"

## from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau ##

Here the word "hand" refers to power. The two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second clarifies that the brother whom Jacob intended was Esau. AT: "from the power of my brother, Esau" or "from my brother, Esau" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] or [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## I am afraid of him, that he will ##

"I am afraid that he will"

## make you prosper  ##

"do good to you" or "treat you well."

## I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea ##

God compared Jacob's descendants to the grains of sand around the sea. This emphasizes the large number of descendants that God will give Jacob. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## which cannot be numbered for their number ##

"which you cannot count because of their number"