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thou? and whose are these before thee?

      ¹⁸ then thou shalt say [They are] thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.

      ¹⁹ And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

      ²⁰ and ye shall say, 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 me.

      ²¹ So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

      ²² And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

      ²³ And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

      ²⁴ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

      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 strained, as he wrestled with him.

      ²⁶ And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

      ²⁷ And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

      ²⁸ And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

      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.

      ³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

      ³¹ And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

      ³² Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.

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      ¹ And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

      ² And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

      ³ And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

      ⁴ And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

      ⁵ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

      ⁶ Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

      ⁷ And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

      ⁸ And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

      ⁹ And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.

      ¹⁰ And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

      ¹¹ Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

      ¹² And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

      ¹³ And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

      ¹⁴ Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

      ¹⁵ And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

      ¹⁶ So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

      ¹⁷ And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

      ¹⁸ And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.

      ¹⁹ And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.

      ²⁰ And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel.

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      ¹ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

      ² And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

      ³ And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

      ⁴ And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

      ⁵ Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.

      ⁶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

      ⁷ And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

      ⁸ And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.

      ⁹ And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

      ¹⁰ And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

      ¹¹ And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

      ¹² Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

      ¹³ And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

      ¹⁴ and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

      ¹⁵ Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every