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Jacob Meets Esau

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:

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Jacob Meets Esau

Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.

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and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

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He put the maids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.

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Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

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And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children that God has graciously given thy servant.

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He lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So he said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

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And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.

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Then the maids came near with their children, and they bowed down.

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And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed.

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Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.

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And he said, What [meanest] thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.

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And he said, “What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.

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But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own.”

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And Jacob said, No, I pray thee; if now I have found favour in thine eyes, then receive my gift from my hand; for therefore have I seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou hast received me with pleasure.

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Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

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Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took [it].

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“Please take my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty.” Thus he urged him and he took it.

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And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.

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Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.”

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And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.

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But he 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 driven hard one day, all the flocks will die.

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Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant, and I will drive on at my ease according to the pace of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.

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“Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, 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 at Seir.”

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And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.

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Esau said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

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And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

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So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

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And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succoth.

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Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.

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Jacob Settles in Shechem

And Jacob came safely [to the] city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram; and he encamped before the city.

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Jacob Settles in Shechem

Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city.

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And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread his tent, of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs.

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He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.

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And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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Genesis 33

Genesis 33