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GEN 32:1
Genesis 32:1
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And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of
God met him. |
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GEN 32:2
Genesis 32:2
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And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's
host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. |
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GEN 32:3
Genesis 32:3
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau
his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. |
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GEN 32:4
Genesis 32:4
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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: |
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GEN 32:5
Genesis 32:5
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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. |
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GEN 32:6
Genesis 32:6
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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. |
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GEN 32:7
Genesis 32:7
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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; |
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GEN 32:8
Genesis 32:8
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And said, If Esau come to the one company, and
smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. |
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GEN 32:9
Genesis 32:9
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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: |
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GEN 32:10
Genesis 32:10
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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. |
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GEN 32:11
Genesis 32:11
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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. |
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GEN 32:12
Genesis 32:12
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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. |
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GEN 32:13
Genesis 32:13
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And he lodged there that same night; and took
of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; |
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GEN 32:14
Genesis 32:14
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Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats,
two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, |
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GEN 32:15
Genesis 32:15
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Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty
kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. |
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GEN 32:16
Genesis 32:16
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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. |
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GEN 32:17
Genesis 32:17
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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? |
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GEN 32:18
Genesis 32:18
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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. |
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GEN 32:19
Genesis 32:19
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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. |
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GEN 32:20
Genesis 32:20
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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. |
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GEN 32:21
Genesis 32:21
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So went the present over before him: and himself
lodged that night in the company. |
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GEN 32:22
Genesis 32:22
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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. |
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GEN 32:23
Genesis 32:23
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And he took them, and sent them over the brook,
and sent over that he had. |
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GEN 32:24
Genesis 32:24
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And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled
a man with him until the breaking of the day. |
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GEN 32:25
Genesis 32:25
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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. |
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GEN 32:26
Genesis 32:26
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And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. |
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GEN 32:27
Genesis 32:27
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And he said unto him, What is thy name? And
he said, Jacob. |
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GEN 32:28
Genesis 32:28
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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. |
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GEN 32:29
Genesis 32:29
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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. |
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GEN 32:30
Genesis 32:30
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:
for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. |
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GEN 32:31
Genesis 32:31
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And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon
him, and he halted upon his thigh. |
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GEN 32:32
Genesis 32:32
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Therefore the children of Israel eat not of
the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:
because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. |
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