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1 And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids.
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Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.
2 And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.
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He put the maids with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
3 And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times, until his brother came near.
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He himself went on ahead of them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near his brother.
4 Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.
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But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me, thy servant.
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When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he said, "Who are these with you?" Jacob said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."
6 Then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves.
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Then the maids drew near, they and their children, and bowed down;
7 Lia also, with her children, came near and bowed down in like manner; and last of all, Joseph and Rachel bowed down.
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Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down; and finally Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down.
8 And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.
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Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company that I met?" Jacob answered, "To find favor with my lord."
9 But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.
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But Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself."
10 And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me,
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Jacob said, "No, please; if I find favor with you, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God—since you have received me with such favor.
11 And take the blessing which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother’s earnest pressing him,
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Please accept my gift that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have everything I want." So he urged him, and he took it.
12 And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey.
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Then Esau said, "Let us journey on our way, and I will go alongside you."
13 And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.
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But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds, which are nursing, are a care to me; and if they are overdriven for one day, all the flocks will die.
14 May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir.
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Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."
15 Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people, at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight.
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So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "Why should my lord be so kind to me?"
16 So Esau returned that day, the way that he came, to Seir.
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So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17 And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.
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But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made booths for his cattle; therefore the place is called Succoth.
18 And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town.
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Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city.
19 And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred lambs.
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And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for one hundred pieces of money the plot of land on which he had pitched his tent.
20 And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
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There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
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