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1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s host.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land
of Seir, the field of Edom. 4 He commanded them, saying, “This is what
you
13 He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a
present for Esau, his brother: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male
goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milk camels and their
colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty she-donkeys and ten foals. 16 He
delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said
to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and
herd.” 17 He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets
you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are
these before you?’ 18 Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s.
It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”
19 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the
herds, saying, “This is how you
21 So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night
in the camp.
22 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids,
and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took
them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking
of the day. 25 When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, he touched
the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he
wrestled. 26 The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”
27 He said to him, “What is your name?”
He said, “Jacob.” 28 He said, “Your name will no longer be called ‘Jacob,’
but, ‘Israel,’ for you have fought with God and with men, and have
prevailed.”
29 Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”
He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He blessed him there.
30 Jacob called the name of the place
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