Genesis:32:3-28
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir Se #
iyr #,
the country of Edom .
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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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And I have oxen ,
and asses ,
flocks tso #
n #,
and menservants ,
and womenservants :
and I have sent to tell my lord ,
that I may find grace in thy sight .
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And the messengers returned to Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
saying ,
We came to thy brother Esau ,
and also he cometh to meet thee ,
and four hundred men with him .
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed :
and he divided the people that was with him ,
and the flocks tso #
n #,
and herds ,
and the camels ,
into two bands ;
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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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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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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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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 #
arba #
iym #
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 ri #
shown #,
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 Jacobs Ya #
aqob #;
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 wentthe 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 #
H259sons ,
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 hollw of his thigh ;
and the hollow of Jacobs 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 Ya #
aqob #.
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And he said ,
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
but Israel Yisra #
el #:
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men ,
and hast prevailed .