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17 And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these before thee?
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He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’
18 Thou shalt answer: Thy servant Jacob’s: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau; and he cometh after us.
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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 he is coming behind us.’ ”
19 In like manner he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find him.
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He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20 And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.
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And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
21 So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.
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So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
22 And rising early, he took his two wives and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.
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That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23 And when all things were brought over that belonged to him,
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After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.
24 He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning.
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So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
25 And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
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When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
26 And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
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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.”
27 And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.
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The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.
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