Genesis 32:5
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:5 belongs to Jacob's troubled journey home from Padan-aram after twenty years away, when the memory of his deception of his father weighed upon him and he feared meeting Esau. At that time Esau feared Jacob had come to claim their father's inheritance, having long regarded the family wealth as his own, and might resort to violence to keep it. In the verse Jacob sends a humble and conciliatory message ahead to Esau before their meeting, addressing Esau as lord and himself as servant and asking to find favor in his sight.
He lists his oxen and donkeys, his flocks, and his menservants and womenservants to present himself as prosperous, making clear he is not returning as a destitute wanderer to claim the inheritance, and he comes back with family and livestock. He hopes this greeting will lessen bitterness, make amends, and avert the danger of the meeting by preventing violence, even as he remains afraid at Esau's approach. Jacob's encounter and distress in this account foreshadow the fear and distress believers will face in the coming conflict between believers and unbelievers over worship of the image of the beast.