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1. And Jacob Gr. looked up with lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens.
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1. And Jacob H3290 lifted up H5375 his eyes H5869 , and looked H7200 , and, behold H2009 , Esau H6215 came H935 , and with H5973 him four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 . And he divided H2673 H853 the children H3206 unto H5921 Leah H3812 , and unto H5921 Rachel H7354 , and unto H5921 the two H8147 handmaids H8198 .
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2. And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
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2. And he put H7760 H853 the handmaids H8198 and their children H3206 foremost H7223 , and Leah H3812 and her children H3206 after H314 , and Rachel H7354 and Joseph H3130 hindmost H314 .
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3. But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
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3. And he H1931 passed over H5674 before H6440 them , and bowed himself H7812 to the ground H776 seven H7651 times H6471 , until H5704 he came near H5066 to H5704 his brother H251 .
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4. And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
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4. And Esau H6215 ran H7323 to meet H7125 him , and embraced H2263 him , and fell H5307 on H5921 his neck H6677 , and kissed H5401 him : and they wept H1058 .
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5. And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.
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5. And he lifted up H5375 H853 his eyes H5869 , and saw H7200 H853 the women H802 and the children H3206 ; and said H559 , Who H4310 are those H428 with thee? And he said H559 , The children H3206 which H834 God H430 hath graciously given H2603 H853 thy servant H5650 .
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6. And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence.
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6. Then the handmaidens H8198 came near H5066 , they H2007 and their children H3206 , and they bowed themselves H7812 .
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7. And Lea and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence.
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7. And Leah H3812 also H1571 with her children H3206 came near H5066 , and bowed themselves H7812 : and after H310 came Joseph near H5066 H3130 and Rachel H7354 , and they bowed themselves H7812 .
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8. And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.
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8. And he said H559 , What H4310 meanest thou by all H3605 this H2088 drove H4264 which H834 I met H6298 ? And he said H559 , These are to find H4672 grace H2580 in the sight H5869 of my lord H113 .
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9. And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep thine own.
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9. And Esau H6215 said H559 , I have H3426 enough H7227 , my brother H251 ; keep H1961 that H834 thou hast unto thyself.
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10. And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased with me.
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10. And Jacob H3290 said H559 , Nay H408 , I pray thee H4994 , if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 grace H2580 in thy sight H5869 , then receive H3947 my present H4503 at my hand H4480 H3027 : for H3588 therefore H5921 H3651 I have seen H7200 thy face H6440 , as though I had seen H7200 the face H6440 of God H430 , and thou wast pleased H7521 with me.
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11. Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took them.
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11. Take H3947 , I pray thee H4994 , H853 my blessing H1293 that H834 is brought H935 to thee; because H3588 God H430 hath dealt graciously H2603 with me , and because H3588 I have H3426 enough H3605 . And he urged H6484 him , and he took H3947 it .
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12. And he said, Let us depart, and proceed right onward.
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12. And he said H559 , Let us take our journey H5265 , and let us go H1980 , and I will go H1980 before H5048 thee.
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13. And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
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13. And he said H559 unto H413 him , My lord H113 knoweth H3045 that H3588 the children H3206 are tender H7390 , and the flocks H6629 and herds H1241 with young H5763 are with H5921 me : and if men should overdrive H1849 them one H259 day H3117 , all H3605 the flock H6629 will die H4191 .
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14. Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the Gr. foot strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
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14. Let my lord H113 , I pray thee H4994 , pass over H5674 before H6440 his servant H5650 : and I H589 will lead on H5095 softly H328 , according as H7272 the cattle H4399 that H834 goeth before H6440 me and the children H3206 be able to endure H7272 , until H5704 H834 I come H935 unto H413 my lord H113 unto Seir H8165 .
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15. And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favour before thee, my lord.
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15. And Esau H6215 said H559 , Let me now H4994 leave H3322 with H5973 thee some of H4480 the folk H5971 that H834 are with H854 me . And he said H559 , What H4100 needeth it H2088 ? let me find H4672 grace H2580 in the sight H5869 of my lord H113 .
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16. And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir.
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16. So Esau H6215 returned H7725 that H1931 day H3117 on his way H1870 unto Seir H8165 .
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17. And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.
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17. And Jacob H3290 journeyed H5265 to Succoth H5523 , and built H1129 him a house H1004 , and made H6213 booths H5521 for his cattle H4735 : therefore H5921 H3651 the name H8034 of the place H4725 is called H7121 Succoth H5523 .
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18. And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and Or, pitched his tent; Alex. parenebale, for which probably parenelabe is a mere mistake; So Bos and P. Junius thought took up a position in front of the city.
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18. And Jacob H3290 came H935 to Shalem H8003 , a city H5892 of Shechem H7927 , which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , when he came H935 from Padan H4480 H6307 -aram ; and pitched his tent H2583 H853 before H6440 the city H5892 .
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19. And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.
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19. And he bought H7069 H853 a parcel H2513 of a field H7704 , where H834 H8033 he had spread H5186 his tent H168 , at the hand H4480 H3027 of the children H1121 of Hamor H2544 , Shechem H7928 's father H1 , for a hundred H3967 pieces of money H7192 .
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20. And he set up there an alter, and called on the God of Israel.
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20. And he erected H5324 there H8033 an altar H4196 , and called H7121 it El H415 -elohe-Israel.
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