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1 | And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. |
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2 | And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he
called the name of that place Mahanaim. |
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3 | And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto
the land of Seir, the country of Edom. |
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4 | And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my
lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with
Laban, and stayed there until now: |
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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. |
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6 | And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy
brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four
hundred men with him. |
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7 | Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided
the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and
the camels, into two bands; |
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8 | And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then
the other company which is left shall escape. |
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9 | And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy
country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: |
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10 | I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all
the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with
my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two
bands. |
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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. |
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12 | And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed
as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for
multitude. |
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13 | And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which
came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; |
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14 | Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams, |
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15 | Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten
bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. |
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16 | 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. |
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17 | And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother
meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and
whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? |
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18 | Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a
present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind
us. |
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19 | And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that
followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak
unto Esau, when ye find him. |
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20 | And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.
For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth
before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he
will accept of me. |
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21 | So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that
night in the company. |
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22 | And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford
Jabbok. |
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23 | And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over
that he had. |
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24 | And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him
until the breaking of the day. |
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25 | And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched
the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was
out of joint, as he wrestled with him. |
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26 | And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I
will not let thee go, except thou bless me. |
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27 | And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. |
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28 | And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but
Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men,
and hast prevailed. |
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29 | And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.
And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?
And he blessed him there. |
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30 | And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen
God face to face, and my life is preserved. |
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31 | And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he
halted upon his thigh. |
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32 | Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which
shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:
because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew
that shrank. |
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