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1 And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;
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1 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants.
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2 and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
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2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.
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3 And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,
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3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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4 and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;
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4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
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5 and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What [are] these to thee?' And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.'
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5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with you?" he asked. Jacob answered, "They are the children God has graciously given your servant."
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6 And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;
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6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
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7 and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.
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7 Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.
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8 And he saith, `What to thee [is] all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.'
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8 Esau asked, "What do you mean by all these droves I met?" "To find favor in your eyes, my lord," he said.
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9 And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.'
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9 But Esau said, "I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself."
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10 And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;
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10 "No, please!" said Jacob. "If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.
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11 receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all [things];' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,
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11 Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.
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12 and saith, `Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.'
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12 Then Esau said, "Let us be on our way; I'll accompany you."
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13 And he saith unto him, `My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender, and the suckling flock and the herd [are] with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died.
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13 But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
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14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which [is] before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.'
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14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me and that of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."
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15 And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who [are] with me;' and he said, `Why [is] this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.'
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15 Esau said, "Then let me leave some of my men with you." "But why do that?" Jacob asked. "Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord."
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16 And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;
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16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.
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17 and Jacob hath journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth to himself a house, and for his cattle hath made booths, therefore hath he called the name of the place Succoth.
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17 Jacob, however, went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.
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18 And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,
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18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.
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19 and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;
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19 For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
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20 and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God -- the God of Israel.
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20 There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.
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