He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
KJV
And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
ASV
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.