1Jacob went on his way, 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

2When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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

3Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

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

4He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.

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

5I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"

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

6The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."

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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 was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, 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

8and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."

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

9Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,'

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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 the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

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

11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.

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

12You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"

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

13He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:

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

14two hundred female goats and twenty male 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 milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

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16He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd."

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

17He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'

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Genesis 33:3, Genesis 33:3

18Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'"

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

19He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.

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20You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your 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."

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

21So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

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22He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

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

23He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

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24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

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

25When 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.

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

26The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."

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

27He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."

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28He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."

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

29Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.

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

30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

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

31The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

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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 do not eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.

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1 Samuel 5:5, 1 Samuel 5:5