And he said, If Esau comes to the one company, and smites it, then the company which is left shall escape.

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, Return to thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,

I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou have shown to thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau. For I fear him, lest he comes and smites me, the mother with the sons.

And thou said, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:

two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-donkeys and ten foals.

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose are thou? And where do thou go? And whose are these before thee?

Then thou shall say, Thy servant Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord Esau. And, behold, he also is behind us.

And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all who followed the herds, saying, On this manner shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him,

and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.

So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the company.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained as he wrestled with him.

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go unless thou bless me.

And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

And he said, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for thou have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Why is it that thou ask for my name? And he blessed him there.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel [Peniel], and he limped upon his thigh.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him, and they wept.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given thy servant.

Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. And afterward Joseph came near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And he said, What do thou mean by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother, let that which thou have be thine.

And Jacob said, No, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand, inasmuch as I have seen thy face, as any man would see the face of God, and thou were pleased with me.

Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

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

And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folks that are with me. And he said, What need is it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for him a house, and made booths for his cattle. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and encamped before the city.

And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred lambs.

And he erected an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.

And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. And his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob held his peace until they came.

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to converse with him.

And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. And the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in laying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

And Hamor conversed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you, give her to him to wife.

And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

And ye shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade ye in it, and get possessions for you in it.

And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say to me I will give.

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me, but give me the damsel to wife.

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

and said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that is a reproach to us.

Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us. And we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honored above all the house of his father.

And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and conversed with the men of their city, saying,

These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it, for, behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and killed all the males.

And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, they took captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smit

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to thee when thou fled from the face of Esau thy brother.

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments.

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel, and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.

And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak that was by Shechem.

And they journeyed, and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people that were with him.

And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because God was revealed to him there, when he fled from the face of his brother.

And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak. And the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob. Thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to thee, and I will give the land to thy seed after thee.

And God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. And he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not, for now thou shall have another son.

And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave, the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali.

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.