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And Jacob looked and saw, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children of Leah, Rachel and two maids. |
| 2
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And he put the servants and their children ahead, Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind. |
| 3
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And he went before them and bowed to the ground seven times, coming to his brother. |
| 4
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And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and wept.
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| 5
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And he looked and saw the wives and the children, and said: Who is this with you? [Jacob] said: The children that God gave to your servant. |
| 6th
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And the maidens and their children came and bowed; |
| 7th
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Leah and her children came and bowed; At last Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed. |
| 8
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And Esau said: Why do you have this set that I met? And Jacob said, "That I may have favor in the sight of my lord." |
| 9
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Esau said: I have many, my brother; Let it be yours. |
| 10
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And Jacob said: No, if I have found favor in your sight, receive my gift from my hand, for I saw your face, as though someone had seen the face of God, and you were favored to me; |
| eleven
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Accept my blessing, which I brought to you, because God has given me, and I have everything. And begged him, and he took |
| 12
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And he said, Let us go up, and let us go; And I will go before thee. |
| 13
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And Jacob said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and I have milking and cattle; if you drive one day, all the cattle will die; |
| 14
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Let my lord go ahead of his servant, and I will go slowly, as the cattle that is before me go, and how the children will go, and will come to my lord in Seir. |
| 15
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Esau said: "I will leave with you a few of the people who are with me." Jacob said: what's this for? If only I should be pleased in the sight of my master!
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| 16
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And Esau returned the same day by his way to Seir. |
| 17th
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And Jacob moved to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made tents for his livestock. From this he called the name of the place: Succoth. |
| 18
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And Jacob, returning from Mesopotamia, safely came to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, and encamped before the city. |
| 19
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And he bought a part of the field on which he laid his tent, for the sons of Emmor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred coins. |
| 20
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And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord God of Israel. |
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