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.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 32Meaning
Jacob asks for rescue and names the specific violence he fears from Esau against himself and his family.
Read carefully
The prayer records Jacob's fear, not a factual statement that Esau intends such violence; Genesis 33 must be allowed to show what Esau actually does.
Reflection
Biblical prayer can include concrete fear for vulnerable people rather than reducing danger to abstract spiritual language.