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Verse 1

And Jacob{H3290} lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and looked,{H7200} and, behold, Esau{H6215} was coming,{H935} and with him four{H702} hundred{H3967} men.{H376} And he divided{H2673} the children{H3206} unto Leah,{H3812} and unto Rachel,{H7354} and unto the two{H8147} handmaids.{H8198}

Verse 2

And he put{H7760} the handmaids{H8198} and their children{H3206} foremost,{H7223} and Leah{H3812} and her children{H3206} after,{H314} and Rachel{H7354} and Joseph{H3130} hindermost.{H314}

Verse 3

And he himself passed over{H5674} before them,{H6440} and bowed himself{H7812} to the ground{H776} seven{H7651} times,{H6471} until he came near{H5066} to his brother.{H251}

Verse 4

And Esau{H6215} ran{H7323} to meet him,{H7125} and embraced{H2263} him, and fell{H5307} on his neck,{H6677} and kissed him:{H5401} and they wept.{H1058}

Verse 5

And he lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and saw{H7200} the women{H802} and the children;{H3206} and said,{H559} Who are these{H428} with thee? And he said,{H559} The children{H3206} whom God{H430} hath graciously given{H2603} thy servant.{H5650}

Verse 6

Then the handmaids{H8198} came near,{H5066} they and their children,{H3206} and they bowed themselves.{H7812}

Verse 7

And Leah{H3812} also and her children{H3206} came near,{H5066} and bowed themselves:{H7812} and after{H310} came{H5066} Joseph{H3130} near{H5066} and Rachel,{H7354} and they bowed{H7812} themselves.

Verse 8

And he said,{H559} What meanest thou by all this company{H4264} which I met?{H6298} And he said,{H559} To find{H4672} favor{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of my lord.{H113}

Verse 9

And Esau{H6215} said,{H559} I have{H3426} enough,{H7227} my brother;{H251} let that which thou hast be thine.

Verse 10

And Jacob{H3290} said,{H559} Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} then receive{H3947} my present{H4503} at my hand;{H3027} forasmuch as I have seen{H7200} thy face,{H6440} as one seeth the face{H6440} of God,{H430} and thou wast pleased with me.{H7521}

Verse 11

Take,{H3947} I pray thee, my gift{H1293} that is brought{H935} to thee; because God{H430} hath dealt graciously with me,{H2603} and because{H3605} I have{H3426} enough.{H3605} And he urged{H6484} him, and he took{H3947} it.

Verse 12

And he said,{H559} Let us take our journey,{H5265} and let us go,{H3212} and I will go{H3212} before thee.

Verse 13

And he said{H559} unto him, My lord{H113} knoweth{H3045} that the children{H3206} are tender,{H7390} and that the flocks{H6629} and herds{H1241} with me have their young:{H5763} and if they overdrive{H1849} them one{H259} day,{H3117} all the flocks{H6629} will die.{H4191}

Verse 14

Let my lord,{H113} I pray thee, pass over{H5674} before{H6440} his servant:{H5650} and I will lead on{H5095} gently,{H328} according to the pace{H7272} of the cattle{H4399} that are before me{H6440} and according to the pace{H7272} of the children,{H3206} until I come{H935} unto my lord{H113} unto Seir.{H8165}

Verse 15

And Esau{H6215} said,{H559} Let me now leave{H3322} with thee some of the folk{H5971} that are with me. And he said,{H559} What{H4100} needeth it? let me find{H4672} favor{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of my lord.{H113}

Verse 16

So Esau{H6215} returned{H7725} that day{H3117} on his way{H1870} unto Seir.{H8165}

Verse 17

And Jacob{H3290} journeyed{H5265} to Succoth,{H5523} and built{H1129} him a house,{H1004} and made{H6213} booths{H5521} for his cattle:{H4735} therefore the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} is called{H7121} Succoth.{H5523}

Verse 18

And Jacob{H3290} came{H935} in peace{H8004} to the city{H5892} of Shechem,{H7927} which is in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} when he came{H935} from Paddan-aram;{H6307} and encamped{H2583} before{H6440} the city.{H5892}

Verse 19

And he bought{H7069} the parcel{H2513} of ground,{H7704} where he had spread{H5186} his tent,{H168} at the hand{H3027} of the children{H1121} of Hamor,{H2544} Shechem's{H7927} father,{H1} for a hundred{H3967} pieces of money.{H7192}

Verse 20

And he erected{H5324} there an altar,{H4196} and called it{H7121} El-Elohe-Israel.{H415}

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