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Jacob wretleth with an angel.

aying, When Eau my brother meeteth thee, and aketh thee, aying, Whoe art thou? and whither goet thou? and whoe are thee before thee?

Then thou halt ay, They be thy ervant Jacob's; it is a preent ent unto my lord Eau: and, behold, alo he is behind us.

And o commanded he the econd, and the third, and all that followed the droves, aying, On this manner hall ye peak unto Eau, when ye find him.

And ay ye moreover, Behold, thy ervant Jacob is behind us. For he aid, I will appeae him with the preent that goeth before me, and afterward I will ee his face; peradventure he will accept † of me.

So went the preent over before him: and himelf lodged that night in the company.

And he roe up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenervants, and his eleven ons, and paed over the ford Jabbok.

And he took them, and ent them over the brook, and † ent over that he had.

¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wretled a man with him until the † breaking of the day.

And when he aw that he prevailed not againt him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wretled with him.

And he aid, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he aid, I will not let thee go, except thou bles me.

And he aid unto him, What is thy name? And he aid, Jacob.

And he aid, Thy name hall be called no more Jacob, but ‖ Irael: for as a prince hat thou power with God and with men, and hat prevailed.

And Jacob aked him, and aid, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he aid, Wherefore is it that thou dot ak after my name? And he bleed him there.

And Jacob called the name of the place ‖ Peniel: for I have een God face to face, and my life is preerved.

¶ And as he paed over Penuel the un roe upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

Therefore the children of Irael eat not of the inew which hrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: becaue he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the inew that hrank.

1 The kindnes of Jacob and Eau at their meeting. 17 Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar called El-elohe-Irael.

Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Eau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremot, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joeph hindermot.

And he paed over before them, and bowed himelf to the ground even times, until he came near to his brother.

And Eau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kied him: and they wept.

And he lifted up his eyes, and aw the women and the children; and aid, Who are thoe † with thee? And he aid, The children which God hath graciouly given thy ervant.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themelves.

And Leah alo with her children came near, and bowed themelves: and after came Joeph near and Rachel, and they bowed themelves.

And he aid, † What meanet thou by all this drove which I met? And he aid, Thee are to find grace in the ight of my lord.

And Eau aid, I have enough, my brother; † keep that thou hat unto thyelf.

And Jacob aid, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy ight, then receive my preent at my hand: for therefore I have een thy face, as though I had een the face of God, and thou wat pleaed with me.

Take, I pray thee, my bleing that is brought to thee; becaue God hath dealt graciouly with me, and becaue I have † enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

And he aid, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

And he aid unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men hould overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

Let my lord, I pray thee, pas over before his ervant: and I will lead on oftly, according † as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

And Eau aid, Let me now † leave with thee ome of the folk that are with me. And he aid, † What needeth it? let me find grace in the ight of my lord.