King James Version
The Book of Genesis
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| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. |
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And he passed over before them, and bowed himself 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 1kissed him: and they wept. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. |
| 7 | And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. |
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And he said, 1What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. |
| 9 | And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. |
| 13 | 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. |
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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 1Seir. |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. |
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And Jacob journeyed to 1Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called aSuccoth. |
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And Jacob came to 1Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. |
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And he bought a 1parcel 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. |
| 20 | And he erected there an altar, and called it aEleloheIsrael. |
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(a) "Succoth" = booths, huts. Strongs 5523 Cukkowth sook-kohth' or Cukkoth {sook-kohth'}; plural of 5521; booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine:-- Succoth. 5521 cukkah sook-kaw' fem of 5520; a hut or lair:--booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent. Return to Verse 17 |
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(a) "EleloheIsrael" = Strongs 415 'El 'elohey Yisra'el ale el-o-hay' yis-raw-ale' from 410 and 430 and 3478; the mighty god if Jisrael; El-Elohi-Jisrael, the title given to a consecrated spot by Jacob:--El-elohe-israel. 410 'el ale shortened from 352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):--God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el." 430 'elohiym el-o-heem' plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. 3478 Yisra'el yis-raw-ale' from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. Return to Verse 20 |