Jacob also went on his way , and the angels of God met
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When (Jacob) saw them , (he) said , “ This is the camp of God. ” So he named ... that place Mahanaim.
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Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir , the country of Edom.
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He instructed them , - “ You are to say ... ... to my master Esau ... , ‘ Your servant Jacob says : I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
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I have oxen , donkeys , flocks , menservants , and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master , so that I may find favor in your sight. ’”
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When the messengers returned to Jacob , they said , “ We went to your brother ... Esau , and now he is coming to meet you — he and four hundred men with him. ”
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In great fear and distress , Jacob divided - his - people - into two camps , as well as the flocks - and herds and camels.
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He thought , “ If Esau comes and attacks - one camp , then the other camp can escape. ”
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Then Jacob declared , “ O God of my father Abraham , God of my father Isaac , the LORD who told me , ‘ Go back to your country and to your kindred , and I will make you prosper , ’ ...
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I am unworthy of all the kindness ... and faithfulness - You have shown ... Your servant. Indeed , with only my staff I came across - the Jordan , but now I have become two camps.
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Please deliver me from the hand of my brother ... Esau , for I - am afraid that vvv he may come and attack me and the mothers and children (with me).
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But You have said , ‘ I will surely make you prosper ... , and I will make - your offspring like the sand of the sea , - - too numerous to count. ’”
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(Jacob) spent the night there , and from what he had brought with him , he selected ... a gift for his brother Esau :
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200 female goats , 20 male goats , 200 ewes , 20 rams ,
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30 milk camels with their young , 40 cows , 10 bulls , 20 female donkeys , and 10 male donkeys.
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He entrusted them to ... his servants in separate herds ... and told ... them , “ Go on ahead of me , and keep some distance between the herds ... .... ”
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He instructed - the one in the lead ... , “ When my brother Esau meets you and asks , ... ‘ To whom do you belong , where are you going , and whose animals are these before you ? ’
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then you are to say , ‘ They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift , sent to my lord Esau. And behold , ... (Jacob) is behind us. ’”
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He also - instructed the second , the third , ... - and - all those following behind the herds ... : “ When you meet Esau , you are to say the same thing to him.
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You are also to say , ‘ Look , your servant Jacob is right behind us. ’” For he thought , “ I will appease (Esau) with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him , and perhaps he will accept me. ”
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So (Jacob’s) gifts went on before him , while he spent the night in the camp.
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During the night ... Jacob got up and took - his two wives , - his two maidservants , - and his eleven ... sons , and crossed - the ford of the Jabbok.
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He took them and sent them across - the stream , ... - along with all his possessions
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So Jacob was left all alone , and (there) a man wrestled with him until daybreak ....
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When the man saw that he could not overpower he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated ... (it) ... as they wrestled.
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Then (the man) said , “ Let me go , for it is daybreak .... ” But Jacob replied , “ I will not let you go unless ... you bless me. ”
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“ What is your name ? ” the man asked. ... “ Jacob , ” he replied.
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Then (the man) said , “ Your name will no longer be Jacob , but Israel ... , because ... you have struggled with God and with men , and you have prevailed. ”
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And Jacob requested ... , “ Please tell me your name. ” But he replied , “ Why ... do you ask my name ? ” Then he blessed (Jacob) there.
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So Jacob named ... the place Peniel , saying, “Indeed , I have seen God face to face , and yet my life was spared. ”
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The sun rose as he passed by - Penuel , and he was limping because of his hip.
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Therefore ... to this day the Israelites ... - do not eat the tendon ... which (is) at the socket of the hip , because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon ....
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