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And Jacob[H3290]went[H1980] on his way[H1870], and the angels[H4397] of God[H430]met[H6293] him.
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And when Jacob[H3290] saw them[H7200], he said[H559], This is God's host[H4264]: and he called[H7121] the name[H8034] of that place[H4725]Mahanaim[H4266].
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And Jacob[H3290]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] before him[H6440] to Esau[H6215] his brother[H251] unto the land[H776] of Seir[H8165], the country[H7704] of Edom[H123].
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And he commanded[H6680] them, saying[H559], Thus shall ye speak[H559] unto my lord[H113]Esau[H6215]; Thy servant[H5650]Jacob[H3290]saith[H559] thus, I have sojourned[H1481] with Laban[H3837], and stayed there[H309] until now:
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And I have oxen[H7794], and asses[H2543], flocks[H6629], and menservants[H5650], and womenservants[H8198]: and I have sent[H7971] to tell[H5046] my lord[H113], that I may find[H4672]grace[H2580] in thy sight[H5869].
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And the messengers[H4397]returned[H7725] to Jacob[H3290], saying[H559], We came[H935] to thy brother[H251]Esau[H6215], and also he cometh[H1980] to meet thee[H7125], and four hundred[H3967]men[H376] with him.
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Then Jacob[H3290] was greatly[H3966]afraid[H3372] and distressed[H3334]: and he divided[H2673] the people[H5971] that was with him, and the flocks[H6629], and herds[H1241], and the camels[H1581], into two[H8147]bands[H4264];
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And said[H559], If Esau[H6215]come[H935] to the one[H259]company[H4264], and smite it[H5221], then the other company[H4264] which is left[H7604] shall escape[H6413].
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559], O God[H430] of my father[H1]Abraham[H85], and God[H430] of my father[H1]Isaac[H3327], the LORD[H3068] which saidst[H559] unto me, Return[H7725] unto thy country[H776], and to thy kindred[H4138], and I will deal well[H3190] with thee:
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I am not worthy of the least[H6994] of all the mercies[H2617], and of all the truth[H571], which thou hast shewed[H6213] unto thy servant[H5650]; for with my staff[H4731] I passed over[H5674] this Jordan[H3383]; and now I am become two[H8147]bands[H4264].
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Deliver me[H5337], I pray thee, from the hand[H3027] of my brother[H251], from the hand[H3027] of Esau[H6215]: for I fear[H3373] him, lest he will come[H935] and smite me[H5221], and the mother[H517]with[H5921] the children[H1121].
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And thou saidst[H559], I will surely[H3190] do thee good[H3190], and make[H7760] thy seed[H2233] as the sand[H2344] of the sea[H3220], which cannot be numbered[H5608] for multitude[H7230].
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And he lodged[H3885] there that same night[H3915]; and took[H3947] of that which came[H935] to his hand[H3027] a present[H4503] for Esau[H6215] his brother[H251];
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Two hundred[H3967] she goats[H5795], and twenty[H6242] he goats[H8495], two hundred[H3967]ewes[H7353], and twenty[H6242]rams[H352],
15Thirty[H7970]milch[H3243]camels[H1581] with their colts[H1121], forty[H705]kine[H6510], and ten[H6235]bulls[H6499], twenty[H6242] she asses[H860], and ten[H6235]foals[H5895].
16And[H996] he delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of his servants[H5650], every drove[H5739] by themselves; and[H996]said[H559] unto his servants[H5650], Pass over[H5674] before me[H6440], and[H996]put[H7760] a space[H7305]betwixt[H996]drove[H5739]and[H996]drove[H5739].
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And he commanded[H6680] the foremost[H7223], saying[H559], When Esau[H6215] my brother[H251] meeteth thee[H6298], and asketh thee[H7592], saying[H559], Whose art thou? and whither goest[H3212] thou? and whose are these before[H6440]thee?[H7592]
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Then thou shalt say[H559], They be thy servant[H5650] Jacob's; it is a present[H4503]sent[H7971] unto my lord[H113]Esau[H6215]: and, behold, also he is behind us[H310].
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And so[H1571] commanded he[H6680] the second[H8145], and the third[H7992], and all that followed[H1980] the droves[H5739], saying[H559], On this manner[H1697] shall ye speak[H1696] unto Esau[H6215], when ye find[H4672] him.
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And say ye[H559]moreover[H1571], Behold, thy servant[H5650]Jacob[H3290] is behind us[H310]. For he said[H559], I will appease[H3722]him[H6440] with the present[H4503] that goeth[H1980] before me[H6440], and afterward[H310] I will see[H7200] his face[H6440]; peradventure he will accept[H5375] of me[H6440].
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So went[H5674] the present[H4503]over[H5674] before him[H6440]: and himself lodged[H3885] that night[H3915] in the company[H4264].
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And he rose up[H6965] that night[H3915], and took[H3947] his two[H8147]wives[H802], and his two[H8147]womenservants[H8198], and his eleven[H6240]sons[H3206], and passed over[H5674] the ford[H4569]Jabbok[H2999].
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And he took them[H3947], and sent them[H3947]over[H5674] the brook[H5158], and sent over[H5674] that he had.
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And Jacob[H3290] was left[H3498] alone; and there wrestled[H79] a man[H376] with him until the breaking[H5927] of the day[H7837].
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And when he saw[H7200] that he prevailed[H3201] not against him, he touched[H5060] the hollow[H3709] of his thigh[H3409]; and the hollow[H3709] of Jacob's thigh[H3409] was out of joint[H3363], as he wrestled[H79] with him.
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And he said[H559], Let me go[H7971], for the day[H7837]breaketh[H5927]. And he said[H559], I will not let thee go[H7971], except[H518] thou bless[H1288] me.
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And he said[H559] unto him, What is thy name?[H8034] And he said[H559], Jacob[H3290].
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And he said[H559], Thy name[H8034] shall be called[H559] no more Jacob[H3290], but Israel[H3478]: for as a prince hast thou power[H8280] with God[H430] and with men[H582], and hast prevailed[H3201].
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And Jacob[H3290]asked[H7592] him, and said[H559], Tell[H5046] me, I pray thee, thy name[H8034]. And he said[H559], Wherefore is it[H2088] that thou dost ask[H7592] after my name?[H8034] And he blessed[H1288] him there.
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And Jacob[H3290]called[H7121] the name[H8034] of the place[H4725]Peniel[H6439]: for I have seen[H7200]God[H430]face[H6440] to face[H6440], and my life[H5315] is preserved[H5337].
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And as he passed over[H5674]Penuel[H6439] the sun[H8121]rose[H2224] upon him, and he halted[H6760] upon his thigh[H3409].
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Therefore the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]eat[H398] not of the sinew[H1517] which shrank[H5384], which is upon the hollow[H3709] of the thigh[H3409], unto this day[H3117]: because he touched[H5060] the hollow[H3709] of Jacob's thigh[H3409] in the sinew[H1517] that shrank[H5384].