1 Now as Jacobwent on his way, 1the angels of Godmet him.
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Jacobsaidwhen he saw them, "This is God'scamp." So he named* that place2Mahanaim.
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Then Jacob3sentmessengersbefore him to his brotherEsau in the land of 4Seir, the country of 5Edom.
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He also commanded them saying, "Thus you shall say to my lordEsau: 'Thussays your servantJacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and 6stayeduntilnow;
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7I haveoxen and donkeys and flocks and male and femaleservants*; and I have sent to tell my lord, 8that I may findfavor in your sight.""'
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The messengersreturned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brotherEsau, and furthermore9he is coming to meet you, and fourhundredmen are with him."
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Then Jacob was 10greatlyafraid and distressed; and he divided the peoplewho were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into twocompanies;
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for he said, "IfEsaucomes to the onecompany and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape."
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Jacobsaid, "O 11God of my fatherAbraham and God of my fatherIsaac, O LORD, who said to me, '12Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will prosper you,'
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I am unworthy13of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulnesswhich You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossedthisJordan, and now I have becometwocompanies.
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"14Deliver me, I pray, 15from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the 16mothers with the children.
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"For You said, '17I will surelyprosper you and 18make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is toogreat to be numbered.' "
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So he spent the nightthere. Then he selected from what he had with him a 19present for his brotherEsau:
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two hundredfemalegoats and twentymalegoats, two hundredewes and twentyrams,
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thirtymilkingcamels and their colts, fortycows and tenbulls, twentyfemaledonkeys and tenmaledonkeys.
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He delivered them into the hand of his servants, everydrove by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass on before me, and put a spacebetweendroves."
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He commanded the one in front, saying, "When my brotherEsaumeets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?'
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then you shall say, 'These belong to your servantJacob; it is a presentsent to my lordEsau. And behold, he also is behind us.' "
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Then he commandedalso the second and the third, and all those who followed* the droves, saying, "After thismanner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;
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and you shall say, 'Behold, your servantJacobalso is behind us.' " For he said, "I will appease* him with the present that goesbefore me. Then afterward* I will see his face; perhaps he will accept* me."
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So the presentpassed on before* him, while he himselfspent that night in the camp.
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Now he arose that samenight and took his twowives and his twomaids and his eleven*children, and crossed the ford of the 20Jabbok.
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He took them and sent them across the stream. And he sentacrosswhatever he had.
Jacob Wrestles
24 Then Jacob was leftalone, and a man21wrestled with him untildaybreak.
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When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob'sthigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him.
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Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But he said, "22I will not let you gounless* you bless me."
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So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob."
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23He said, "Your name shall nolonger be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed."
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Then 24Jacobasked him and said, "Pleasetell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there.
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So Jacobnamed* the placePeniel, for he said, "25I have seenGodface to face, yet my life has been preserved."
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Now the sunrose upon him just as he crossedover26Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh.
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Therefore*, to thisday the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hipwhich is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob'sthigh in the sinew of the hip.