Genesis:32:11-28
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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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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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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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Two hundred she goats ,
and twenty he goats ,
two hundred ewes ,
and twenty rams ,
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Thirty milch camels with their colts ,
forty kine ,
and ten bulls ,
twenty she asses ,
and ten foals .
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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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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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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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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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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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So went the present over before him :
and himself lodged that night in the company .
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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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And he took them ,
and sent them over the brook ,
and sent over that he had .
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And Jacob was left alone ;
and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day .
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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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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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And he said unto him ,
What is thy name ?
And he said ,
Jacob .
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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 .