1Jacob also went on the journey he had begun: and the angels of God met him.

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Psalms 91:11, Psalms 91:11, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 2 Kings 6:16, 2 Kings 6:17

2And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.

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2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:8, Joshua 21:38, Joshua 5:14, Joshua 21:38

3And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:

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Joshua 24:4, Genesis 25:30, Joshua 24:4, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 14:6

4And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day:

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1 Peter 3:6, 1 Peter 3:6, Proverbs 6:3, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 23:6

5I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.

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Genesis 33:8, Genesis 33:8, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 30:43

6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau, thy brother, and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men.

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Genesis 33:1, Genesis 33:1, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 27:41, Amos 5:19

7Then Jacob was greatly afraid; and in his fear divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,

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Genesis 35:3, Genesis 35:3, Psalms 55:4, Psalms 55:5, Psalms 18:4

8Saying: If Esau come to one company, and destroy it, the other company that is left, shall escape.

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Genesis 33:1, Genesis 33:3, Matthew 10:16, Genesis 33:1, Genesis 33:3

9And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: O Lord who saidst to me, Return to thy land, and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee.

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Genesis 31:42, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 31:13

10I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I return with two companies.

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Psalms 18:35, Psalms 18:35, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:27, 1 Timothy 1:12

11Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him; lest perhaps he come, and kill the mother with the children.

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Psalms 59:1, Psalms 59:2, Proverbs 18:19, Psalms 59:1, Psalms 59:2

12Thou didst say, that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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Genesis 28:13, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 28:15, Hebrews 6:17

13And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents for his brother Esau,

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Genesis 43:11, Genesis 43:11, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 21:14

14Two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

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Deuteronomy 8:18, Job 1:3, Job 42:12, Deuteronomy 8:18, Job 1:3

15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten of their foals.

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16And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove.

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Genesis 32:20, Matthew 10:16, Proverbs 2:11, Psalms 112:5, Isaiah 28:26

17And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these before thee?

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Genesis 33:3, Genesis 33:3

18Thou shalt answer: Thy servant Jacob's: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau; and he cometh after us.

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Genesis 32:4, Genesis 32:5, Genesis 32:4, Genesis 32:5

19In like manner he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find him.

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20And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.

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Job 42:8, Job 42:9, Job 42:8, Job 42:9, Proverbs 21:14

21So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.

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22And rising early, he took his two wives and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.

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Deuteronomy 3:16, Deuteronomy 2:37, Deuteronomy 3:16, Deuteronomy 2:37, 1 Timothy 5:8

23And when all things were brought over that belonged to him,

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24He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning.

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Hosea 12:3, Hosea 12:5, Hosea 12:3, Hosea 12:5, Ephesians 6:12

25And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.

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2 Corinthians 12:7, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:7, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Hosea 12:3

26And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

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Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:4, Psalms 115:12, Psalms 115:13, Psalms 115:12

27And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.

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28But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

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Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:17, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:10, Isaiah 62:2

29Jacob asked him: Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.

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Judges 13:16, Judges 13:18, Isaiah 9:6, Job 11:7, Judges 13:16

30And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

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Numbers 12:8, Exodus 24:10, Exodus 24:11, Numbers 12:8, Exodus 24:10

31And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.

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2 Corinthians 12:7, 2 Corinthians 12:7, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 19:15, 2 Corinthians 12:9

32Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.

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1 Samuel 5:5, 1 Samuel 5:5