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4 And he commanded them, saying, You shall say to my master, to Esau: Your
servant Jacob says this: I have sojourned with Laban and remained until now. 5 And it is mine to have oxen, and donkeys, flocks, and slaves and slave-girls.
And I have sent to tell my master, to find favor in your eyes. 6 And the messengers came back to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau,
and also he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him. 7 And Jacob was afraid, and he was very distressed. And he divided the people
with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps. 8 And he said, If Esau comes to the one company and strikes it, then it will be,
the company that is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, Oh ELOHIM of my father Abraham and ELOHIM of my father Isaac,
YAHUVEH, who said to me, Go back to your land and to your kindred and I will
deal well with you. 10 I am not worthy of all the mercies and all the truth which You have done for
Your servant, for I passed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become
two companies. 11 Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I
fear him, lest he come and strike me, mother to sons. 12 And You said, dealing I will deal well with you, and I will make your seed
like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 And he remained there that night. And he took a present from what came into
his hand, for his brother Esau: 14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred rams, 15 thirty nursing camels with their thirty colts, forty cows and ten bulls,
twenty she-donkeys and ten young donkeys . 16 And he gave into the hand of his slaves every drove by itself. And he said to
his slaves, Pass over before my face and put a space between drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the first ones, saying, When my brother Esau meets you and
asks, saying, Whose are you, and where do you go, and whose are these before
your face? 18 Then you will say, Your servant Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my master,
to Esau; and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And he also commanded the second, also the third, even all the ones going
after the droves, saying, You shall speak this word to Esau when you find him. 20 And you shall also say, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said,
I will cover his face by the present, the one going before my face, and
afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will lift up my face. 21 And the present passed before his face, and he remained in the camp that
night. 22 And he rose up that night and took his two wives, and his two slave-girls,
and his eleven children. And he passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which was
his. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled with him until the rising of the
dawn. 25 And He saw that He had not prevailed against him. And He touched on his hip
socket, and Jacob’s hip socket was unhinged as he wrestled with Him. 26 And He said, Send Me away, for the dawn has ascended. And he said, I will not
let You go unless You bless me. 27 And He said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because
you have struggled with ELOHIM and with men, and have prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked and said, Please reveal Your name. And He said, Why is it
that you ask about My name? And He blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peni’El , because I saw ELOHIM face to
face, and my life is delivered. 31 And the sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he was limping on his
thigh. 32 On account of this the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that
is on the hip socket until this day, because He struck on Jacob’s hip socket, on
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1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And, behold, Esau was coming, and
four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel,
and to the two slave-girls. 2 And he put the slave-girls and their children first; and Leah and her children
behind: and Rachel and Joseph last. 3 And he passed over in front of them and bowed himself to the ground seven
times until he came even to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed
him. And they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children. And he said, Who
are these with you? And he said, The children with whom ELOHIM has favored your
servant. 6 And the slave-girls came near, they and their children; and they bowed. 7 And Leah and her children also came near and bowed. And afterward Rachel and
Joseph came near and bowed. 8 And he said, Whose is all this camp which I met? And he said, To find favor in
the eyes of my master. 9 And Esau said, I have much, my brother. Let what you have be to yourself. 10 And Jacob said, No, please, if I now have found favor in your eyes, take my
present from my hands. For I have seen your face, like seeing the face of
ELOHIM; and you are pleased with me. 11 Please take my blessing which has been brought to you, because ELOHIM has
favored me, and because I have all things. And he urged him; and he accepted. 12 And he said, Let us depart and go, and I will go with you. 13 And he said to him, My master knows that the children are tender, and the
flocks and the herds with me are suckling. And if they overdrive them one day,
all the flocks will die. 14 Please let my master go before the face of his servant, and I will move on by
stages at my ease, according to the feet of the livestock which are before me,
and according to the pace of the boys, until I come into my master to Seir. 15 And Esau said, Please let me place with you some of the people who are with
me. And he said, Why, then? Let me find favor in the eyes of my master. 16 And Esau returned on his way toward Seir that day. 17 And Jacob traveled to Succoth. And he built himself a house, and made booths
for his livestock. For this reason he called the name of the place Succoth. 18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of
Canaan, as he came from Padan-Aram. And he camped in front of the city. 19 And he bought that part of the field where he had pitched his tent, from the
hand of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money. 20 And he set up an altar there. And he called it, El, the Elohe of Israel.
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1 And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the
daughters of the land. 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, and
took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 3 And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the girl, and
spoke to the heart of the girl. 4 And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take this girl for me for a
wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. And his sons were with
his livestock in the field. And Jacob kept silent until they had come. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard, and the men were
furious, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel, to lie
with the daughter of Jacob, and it should not be done in this way. 8 And Hamor spoke with them, saying, My son Shechem’s soul has longed to your
daughter. Please give her to him for a wife. 9 And you intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters
for yourselves. 10 And live with us, and the land is before you; live and trade in it, and get
property in it. 11 And Shechem said to her father, and to her brothers, Let me find favor in
your eyes, and what you say to me I will give. 12 Heap on me ever so much bride-price and gift, and I will give as you say to
me; but give me the girl for a wife. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor, speaking with
deceit because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 And they said to them, We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister
to a man who is uncircumcised. For it is a reproach to us. 15 Only on this condition will we consent to you; If you will become like us, to
have every male of yours circumcised. 16 Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to
us; and we will live with you and will become a united (echad) people. 17 And if you do not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our
daughter, and we will go. 18 And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and the son of Hamor, Shechem. 19 And the young man did not hesitate to do the thing, for he delighted in
Jacob’s daughter. And he was more honorable than all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city. And they spoke
with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; and, Let them live in the land and trade in
it. And, behold, the land is wide on both hands before them. Let us take their
daughters for ourselves for wives, and let us give our daughters to them. 22 Only in this way will the men consent to us to live with us, to become a
united people: that every male of us be circumcised as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their livestock, and their property, and all their beasts of burden
be ours? Only let us consent to them, and let them live with us. 24 And all those going out of the gate of the city listened to Hamor, and to his
son Shechem. And every male was circumcised, all those going out of the gate of
the city. 25 And it happened on the third day, they being pained, that the two sons of
Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword. And they came on
the city in its security, and killed every male. 26 And they killed Hamor and his son Shechem by the edge of the sword. And they
took Dinah from the house of Shechem, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came on the slain and looted the city, because they had
defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and whatever was in
the city, and whatever was in the field. 29 And they took all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives,
and looted all that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink
among those living in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites.
And I being few in number, and they gathering against me, they will strike me,
and I and my house shall be wasted. 31 And they said, Should he treat our sister like a harlot?
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1 And ELOHIM said to Jacob, Rise up, go to Bethel and live there. And make an
altar there to El, who appeared to you when you fled before your brother Esau. 2 And Jacob said to his house, and to all those with him, Put away the strange
ELOHIM in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your clothing. 3 And let us rise up and go up to Bethel. And I will make an altar there to El,
who answered me in the day of my distress. And He was with me in the way in
which I went. 4 And they gave all the strange ELOHIM in their hand to Jacob, and the earrings
which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak which was near
Shechem. 5 And they pulled up, and there was the terror of ELOHIM on the cities all
around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan; it is Bethel, he and
all the people with him came. 7 And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel; because there the
ELOHIM revealed Themselves to him when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 And Deborah died, the nurse of Rebekah, and she was buried below Bethel, under
the oak. And he called its name, Oak of Weeping. 9 And ELOHIM appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Padan-Aram, and He
blessed him. 10 And ELOHIM said to him, Your name is Jacob; your name will not anymore be
called Jacob, but Israel will be your name. And He called his name Israel. 11 And ELOHIM said to him, I am El Shaddai ; be fruitful and multiply. A nation
and a company of nations shall be from you. And kings shall go forth from your
loins. 12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I will give it to you; and
after you I will give the land to your seed. 13 And ELOHIM went up from him, in the place where He had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar
of stone. And he poured out a drink offering on it; and he poured oil on it. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place, there where ELOHIM had spoken with
him, Bethel. 16 And they pulled up stakes from Bethel. And there was yet a length of land to
come to Ephrath. And Rachel bore; and she had hard labor in her bearing. 17 And it happened, when she had hard labor in her bearing, even the midwife
said to her, Do not fear, for this also is a son for you. 18 And it happened, when her soul was going forth (for she died) even she called
his name Ben-Oni (son of my sorrow). But his father called him Ben-Yamin (son of
my strength). 19 And Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel’s grave
until today. 21 And Israel pulled up and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of the Flocks. 22 And it happened after Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay
with Bilhah, his father’s concubine. And Israel heard. And the sons of Jacob
were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born; and Simeon, and Levi, and
Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s slave-girl: Dan and Naphtali. 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s slave-girl: Gad and Asher. These were Jacob’s
sons who were born in Padan-Aram. 27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac, to Mamre, to the City of Harba; it is
Hebron where Abraham and Isaac resided. 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. 29 And Isaac gave up the breathe and died and was gathered to his people, old
and satisfied of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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1 And these are the generations of Esau; that is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon
the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the
Hivite; 3 and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau. And Basemath bore Reuel. 5 And Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau
who were born to him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of
his house, and his livestock, and all the beasts of burden, and all his property
which he had gained in Canaan, and he went to a land away from his brother
Jacob. 7 For their possessions had become too great for them to dwell together. And the
land was not able to bear their travels, in the presence of their livestock. 8 And Esau dwelt on Mount Seir. Esau is Edom. 9 And these were the generations of Esau, the father of Edom on Mount Seir; 10 these the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, Esau’s wife; Reuel,
the son of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was a concubine to Esau’s son, Eliphaz, and she bore Amalek to
Eliphaz. These were the sons of Esau’s wife Adah. 13 And the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the
sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau. 14 And these were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of
Zibeon, the wife of Esau; even she bore Jeush to Esau, and Jaalam, and Korah. 15 These were the chieftains of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, the
first-born of Esau: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, 16 Chieftain Korah, Chieftain Gatam, Chieftain Amalek. These were the chieftains
of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Adah. 17 And these were the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chieftain Nahath, Chieftain
Zerah, Chieftain Shammah, Chieftain Mizzah. These were the chieftains of Reuel
in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 18 And the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: Chieftain Jeush, Chieftain Jaalam,
Chieftain Korah. These were the chieftains of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah,
Esau’s wife. 19 These were the sons of Esau, and these their chieftains; he is Edom. 20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite living in the land: Lotan, and Shobal,
and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chieftains of the Horites,
the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom. 22 And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Heman; and Lotan’s sister, Timna. 23 And these were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and
Onam. 24 And these were the sons of Zibeon, even Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who
found the hot springs in the desert as he fed the donkeys for his father Zibeon. 25 And these were the sons of Anah: Dishon; and Oholibamah was the daughter of
Anah. 26 And these were the sons of Dishan: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 These were the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 28 These were the sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran. 29 These were the chieftains of the Horites: Chieftain Lotan, Chieftain Shobal,
Chieftain Zibeon, Chieftain Anah, 30 Chieftain Dishon, Chieftain Ezer, Chieftain Dishan. These were the chieftains
of the Horites, according to their chieftains in the land of Seir. 31 And these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning
of a king over the sons of Israel. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city, Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah, from Bozrah, reigned in his place. 34 And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his
place. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of
Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city, Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 And Samlah died, and Shaul from Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place. 38 And Shaul died, and Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39 And Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. And
the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name, Mehetabel, the daughter of
Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 And these were the names of the chieftains of Esau, according to their
families, according to their places, by their names: Chieftain Timnah, Chieftain
Alvah, Chieftain Jetheth, 41 Chieftain Oholibamah, Chieftain Elah, Chieftain Pinon, 42 Chieftain Kenaz, Chieftain Teman, Chieftain Mibzar, 43 Chief Magdiel, Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their
dwellings, in the land of their possession; he is Esau, the father of Edom.