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And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host:
and he called the name of that place
Mahanaim.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place
Mahanaim.
And Jacob sent messengers before him to
Esau his brother unto the land of
Seir, the country of
Edom.
Jacob sent messengers
ahead of him to his brother
Esau in the land of
Seir, the country of
Edom.
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord
Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have
sojourned with
Laban,
and stayed there until now:
He
instructed them, “You are to say to my master
Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with
Laban and have remained there until now.
And I have oxen,
and asses, flocks,
and menservants,
and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
I have oxen,
donkeys, flocks, menservants,
and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau,
and also he cometh to meet thee,
and four hundred men with him.
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother
Esau,
and now he is coming to meet you—he
and four hundred men with him.”
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
And said, If
Esau come to the one company,
and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
He thought, “If
Esau comes
and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country
and to your kindred,
and I will make you
prosper,’
I am not worthy of the least of all the
mercies,
and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;
and now I am become two bands.
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of
Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come
and smite me,
and the mother with the children.
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother
Esau, for I am afraid that he may come
and attack me
and the mothers
and children with me.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
But You have said, ‘I will surely make you
prosper,
and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
And he
lodged there that same night;
and took of that which came to his hand a present for
Esau his brother;
Jacob spent the night there,
and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother
Esau:
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
Thirty
milch camels with their colts, forty
kine,
and ten bulls, twenty she
asses,
and ten foals.
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female
donkeys,
and 10 male
donkeys.
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves;
and said unto his servants, Pass over before me,
and put a space
betwixt drove
and drove.
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds
and told them, “Go on
ahead of me,
and keep some distance between the herds.”
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When
Esau my brother meeteth thee,
and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou?
and whither goest thou?
and whose are these before thee?
He
instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother
Esau meets you
and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going,
and whose animals are these before you?’
Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord
Esau:
and, behold, also he is behind us.
then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord
Esau.
And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
And so commanded he the second,
and the third,
and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto
Esau, when ye find him.
He also
instructed the second, the third,
and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet
Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will
appease him with the present that goeth before me,
and afterward I will see his face;
peradventure he will accept of me.
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will
appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him,
and perhaps he will accept me.”
So went the present over before him:
and himself
lodged that night in the company.
So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
And he rose up that night,
and took his two wives,
and his two womenservants,
and his eleven sons,
and passed over the
ford Jabbok.
During the night Jacob got up
and took his two wives, his two maidservants,
and his eleven sons,
and crossed the
ford of the
Jabbok.
And he took them,
and sent them over the
brook,
and sent over that he had.
He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
And Jacob was left alone;
and there
wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his
thigh;
and the hollow of Jacob’s
thigh was out of joint, as he
wrestled with him.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou
bless me.
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is
daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you
bless me.”
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
And Jacob asked him,
and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.
And he said, Wherefore is it that thou
dost ask after my name?
And he blessed him there.
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face,
and yet my life was
spared.”
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him,
and he
halted upon his
thigh.
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel,
and he was
limping because of his
hip.
And Jacob lifted up his eyes,
and looked,
and, behold,
Esau came,
and with him four hundred men.
And he divided the children unto Leah,
and unto
Rachel,
and unto the two handmaids.
Now Jacob looked up
and saw
Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah,
Rachel,
and the two maidservants.
And he put the handmaids
and their children foremost,
and Leah
and her children after,
and Rachel and Joseph
hindermost.
He put the maidservants
and their children in front, Leah
and her children next,
and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
But Jacob himself went on
ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
And Esau ran to meet him,
and embraced him,
and fell on his neck,
and kissed him:
and they
wept.
Esau, however, ran to him
and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck,
and kissed him.
And they both
wept.
And he lifted up his eyes,
and saw the women
and the children;
and said, Who are those with thee?
And he said, The children which God hath
graciously given thy servant.
When
Esau looked up
and saw the women
and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has
graciously given your servant.”
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
And Leah also with her children came near,
and bowed themselves:
and after came Joseph near
and Rachel,
and they bowed themselves.
Leah
and her children also approached
and bowed down,
and then Joseph
and Rachel approached
and bowed down.
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked
Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto
thyself.
“I already have
plenty, my brother,”
Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
And Jacob said,
Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God,
and thou
wast pleased with me.
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face,
and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me
favorably.
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt
graciously with me,
and because I have enough.
And he urged him,
and he took it.
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been
gracious to me
and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Then
Esau said, “Let us be on our way,
and I will go
ahead of you.”
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are
frail,
and I must care for sheep
and cattle that are
nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant:
and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me
and the children be able to
endure, until I come unto my lord unto
Seir.
Please let my lord go
ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable
pace for the
livestock and children, until I come to my lord at
Seir.”
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the
folk that are with me.
And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
“Let me leave some of my people with you,”
Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself
and shelters for his
livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of
Shechem, which is in the land of
Canaan, when he came from Padan-
aram;
and pitched his tent before the city.
After Jacob had come from Paddan-
aram, he arrived safely at the city of
Shechem in the land of
Canaan,
and he camped just outside the city.
And he bought a
parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor,
Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor,
Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
And when
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her,
and lay with her,
and defiled her.
When
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her
and lay with her by force.
And his soul
clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,
and he loved the
damsel,
and spake kindly unto the
damsel.
And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young
girl and spoke to her tenderly.
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this
damsel to wife.
So
Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this
girl as a wife.”
And Jacob heard that he had
defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field:
and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Jacob heard that
Shechem had
defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his
livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
And Hamor the father of
Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Meanwhile,
Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it:
and the men were
grieved,
and they were very
wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief
and fury, because
Shechem had committed an
outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
But Hamor said to them, “My son
Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
And Shechem said unto her father
and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes,
and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Then
Shechem said to Dinah’s father
and brothers, “Grant me this favor,
and I will give you whatever you ask.
Ask me never so much
dowry and gift,
and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the
damsel to wife.
Demand a high
dowry and an expensive gift,
and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the
girl as my wife!”
And the sons of Jacob answered
Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully,
and said, because he had
defiled Dinah their sister:
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is
uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an
uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
But if ye will not
hearken unto us, to be
circumcised; then will we take our daughter,
and we will be gone.
But if you will not agree to be
circumcised, then we will take our sister
and go.”
And their words pleased Hamor,
and Shechem Hamor’s son.
Their offer seemed good to Hamor
and his son
Shechem.
And the young man
deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter:
and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not
hesitate to
fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
And Hamor
and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city,
and communed with the men of their city, saying,
So Hamor
and his son
Shechem went to the gate of their city
and addressed the men of their city:
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
Only
herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be
circumcised, as they are
circumcised.
But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us
and be one people: if all our men are
circumcised as they are.
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Will not their
livestock, their possessions,
and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them,
and they will dwell among us.”
And unto Hamor
and unto
Shechem his son
hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city;
and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
sore, that two of the sons of Jacob,
Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword,
and came upon the city boldly,
and slew all the males.
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers
Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the
unsuspecting city,
and slaughtered every male.
And they
slew Hamor
and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword,
and took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house,
and went out.
They killed Hamor
and his son
Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house,
and went away.
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,
and spoiled the city, because they had
defiled their sister.
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter
and looted the city, because their sister had been
defiled.
They took their sheep,
and their oxen,
and their
asses,
and that which was in the city,
and that which was in the field,
They took their flocks
and herds
and donkeys,
and everything else in the city or in the field.
And all their wealth,
and all their little ones,
and their wives took they
captive,
and spoiled even all that was in the house.
They carried off all their possessions
and women
and children,
and they
plundered everything in their houses.
And Jacob said to
Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the
Canaanites and the
Perizzites:
and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me,
and slay me;
and I shall be destroyed, I
and my house.
Then Jacob said to
Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a
stench to the
Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me
and attack me, I
and my household will be destroyed.”
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an
harlot?
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a
prostitute?”
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to
Bethel,
and dwell there:
and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of
Esau thy brother.
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to
Bethel,
and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother
Esau.”
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
So Jacob told his household
and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you.
Purify yourselves and change your garments.
And let us arise,
and go up to
Bethel;
and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went.
Then let us arise
and go to
Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand,
and all their earrings which were in their ears;
and Jacob
hid them under the oak which was by
Shechem.
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods
and all their earrings,
and Jacob buried them under the oak near
Shechem.
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
So Jacob came to
Luz, which is in the land of
Canaan, that is,
Bethel, he
and all the people that were with him.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
There Jacob built an altar,
and he called that place El-
bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
But
Deborah Rebekah’s
nurse died,
and she was buried beneath
Bethel under an oak:
and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-
aram,
and blessed him.
After Jacob had returned from Paddan-
aram, God appeared to him again
and blessed him.
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
And God said unto him, I am God
Almighty: be fruitful
and multiply; a nation
and a company of nations shall be of thee,
and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And God told him, “I am God
Almighty. Be fruitful
and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you,
and kings shall descend from you.
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
And Jacob set up a
pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a
pillar of stone:
and he poured a drink offering
thereon,
and he poured oil
thereon.
So Jacob set up a
pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—
and he poured out a drink offering on it
and anointed it with oil.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him
Bethel.
Later, they set out from
Bethel,
and while they were still some distance from
Ephrath,
Rachel began to give birth,
and her labor was difficult.
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the
midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
During her severe labor, the
midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
And Jacob set a
pillar upon her grave: that is the
pillar of
Rachel’s grave unto this day.
Jacob set up a
pillar on her grave; it marks
Rachel’s tomb to this day.