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  33:1 ¶
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Leah{gr.Lea} and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens. |
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33:1 ¶
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.° |
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33:2
And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Leah{gr.Lea} and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. |
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33:2
And he put°°°
the handmaids°
and their children°
foremost,°
and Leah°
and her children°
after,°
and Rachel°
and Joseph°
hindermost.° |
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33:3
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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33:3
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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33:4
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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33:4
And Esau°
ran°°
to meet°
him,°°
and embraced°°
him, and fell°°
on°
his neck,°
and kissed°
him:°°
and they wept.°° |
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33:5
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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33:5
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°
Elohim°
hath graciously given°°°
thy servant.° |
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33:6
And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence. |
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33:6
Then the handmaidens°
came near,°°
they°
and their children,°
and they bowed themselves.°° |
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33:7
And Leah{gr.Lea} and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence. |
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33:7
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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33:8
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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33:8
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 adon.° |
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33:9
And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep thine own. |
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33:9
And Esau°
said,°°
I have°
enough,°
my brother;°
keep°
that°
thou hast unto thyself. |
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33:10
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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33:10
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 Elohim,°
and thou wast pleased°
with me.°° |
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33:11
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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33:11
Take,°°
I pray thee,°°
my blessing°
that°
is brought°°
to thee; because°
Elohim°
hath dealt graciously°
with me,°°
and because°°°
I have°
enough.°
And he urged°°
him, and he took°°
[it]. |
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33:12
And he said, Let us depart, and proceed right onward. |
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33:12
And he said,°°
Let us take our journey,°°
and let us go,°°°
and I will go°°°
before°
thee. |
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33:13
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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33:13
And he said°°
unto°
him, My adon°
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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33:14
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 strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir. |
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33:14
Let my adon,°
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 adon°
unto Seir.° |
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33:15
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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33:15
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 adon.° |
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33:16 ¶
And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir. |
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33:16 ¶
So Esau°
returned°°
that°
day°
on his way°
unto Seir.° |
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33:17
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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33:17
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.° |
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33:18 ¶
And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Canaan{gr.Chanaan}, when he departed out of Padanaram{gr.Mesopotamia} of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city. |
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33:18 ¶
And Jacob°
came°°
to Shalem,°°
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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33:19
And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Hamor{gr.Emmor} the father of Shechem{gr.Sychem}, for a hundred lambs. |
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33:19
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.° |
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33:20
And he set up there an alter, and called on the God of Israel. |
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33:20
And he erected°°
there°
an altar,°
and called°
it°°
Elelohe-Israel.° |
