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And Jacob[H3290] lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869], and looked[H7200], and, behold, Esau[H6215]came[H935], and with him four[H702]hundred[H3967]men[H376]. And he divided[H2673] the children[H3206] unto Leah[H3812], and unto Rachel[H7354], and unto the two[H8147]handmaids[H8198].
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And he put[H7760] the handmaids[H8198] and their children[H3206]foremost[H7223], and Leah[H3812] and her children[H3206]after[H314], and Rachel[H7354] and Joseph[H3130]hindermost[H314].
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And he passed over[H5674] before them[H6440], and bowed himself[H7812] to the ground[H776]seven[H7651]times[H6471], until he came near[H5066] to his brother[H251].
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And Esau[H6215]ran[H7323] to meet him[H7125], and embraced[H2263]him[H5401], and fell[H5307] on his neck[H6677], and kissed him[H5401]: and they wept[H1058].
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And he lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869], and saw[H7200] the women[H802] and the children[H3206]; and said[H559], Who are those[H428] with thee? And he said[H559], The children[H3206] which God[H430] hath graciously given[H2603] thy servant[H5650].
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Then the handmaidens[H8198] came near[H5066], they and their children[H3206], and they bowed themselves[H7812].
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And Leah[H3812] also with her children[H3206]came[H5066]near[H5066], and bowed[H7812]themselves[H7812]: and after[H310]came[H5066]Joseph[H3130]near[H5066] and Rachel[H7354], and they bowed[H7812]themselves[H7812].
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And he said[H559], What meanest thou by all this drove[H4264] which I met?[H6298] And he said[H559], These are to find[H4672]grace[H2580] in the sight[H5869] of my lord[H113].
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And Esau[H6215]said[H559], I have[H3426]enough[H7227], my brother[H251]; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559], Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found[H4672]grace[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], then receive[H3947] my present[H4503] at my hand[H3027]: for therefore I have seen[H7200] thy face[H6440], as though I had seen[H7200] the face[H6440] of God[H430], and thou wast pleased with me[H7521].
11Take[H3947], I pray thee, my blessing[H1293] that is brought[H935] to thee; because[H3605]God[H430] hath dealt graciously with me[H2603], and because[H3605] I have[H3426]enough[H3605]. And he urged[H6484] him, and he took[H3947] it.
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And he said[H559], Let us take our journey[H5265], and let us go[H3212], and I will go[H3212] before thee.
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And he said[H559] unto him, My lord[H113]knoweth[H3045] that the children[H3206] are tender[H7390], and the flocks[H6629] and herds[H1241] with young[H5763] are with me: and if men should overdrive[H1849] them one[H259]day[H3117], all the flock[H6629] will die[H4191].
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Let my lord[H113], I pray thee, pass over[H5674]before[H6440] his servant[H5650]: and I will lead on[H5095]softly[H328], according as[H7272] the cattle[H4399] that goeth before[H6440]me[H6440] and the children[H3206] be able to endure[H7272], until I come[H935] unto my lord[H113] unto Seir[H8165].
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And Esau[H6215]said[H559], Let me now leave[H3322] with thee some of the folk[H5971] that are with me. And he said[H559], What[H4100] needeth it? let me find[H4672]grace[H2580] in the sight[H5869] of my lord[H113].
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So Esau[H6215]returned[H7725] that day[H3117] on his way[H1870] unto Seir[H8165].
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And Jacob[H3290]journeyed[H5265] to Succoth[H5523], and built[H1129] him an house[H1004], and made[H6213]booths[H5521] for his cattle[H4735]: therefore the name[H8034] of the place[H4725] is called[H7121]Succoth[H5523].
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And Jacob[H3290]came[H935] to Shalem[H8004], a city[H5892] of Shechem[H7927], which is in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], when he came[H935] from Padanaram[H6307]; and pitched his tent[H2583]before[H6440] the city[H5892].
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And he bought[H7069] a parcel[H2513] of a field[H7704], where he had spread[H5186] his tent[H168], at the hand[H3027] of the children[H1121] of Hamor[H2544], Shechem's father[H1], for an hundred[H3967] pieces of money[H7192].
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And he erected[H5324] there an altar[H4196], and called it[H7121]Elelohe-Israel[H415].