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And Yaaqov lifted his eyes and looked, and see: Esav was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
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And he placed the maidservants and their children first, Leah and her children afterward, and Rachel and Yosef last.
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And he himself passed before them and bowed himself toward the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
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And Esav ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck, and kissed him. And they wept.
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And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” And he said, “The children whom Elohim has graciously given your servant.”
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And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and bowed themselves.
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And Leah also drew near with her children, and they bowed themselves. And afterward Yosef drew near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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And he said, “What do you mean by all this camp that I met?” And he said, “To find favor in the eyes of my adon.”
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And Esav said, “I have much, my brother. Let what is yours remain yours.”
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And Yaaqov said, “No, please. If now I have found favor in your eyes, then take my gift from my hand. For because of this I have seen your face as though seeing the face of Elohim, and you have received me favorably.
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Please take my blessing that has been brought to you, because Elohim has dealt graciously with me, and because I have all.” And he pressed him, and he took it.
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And he said, “Let us journey and go, and I will go before you.”
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And he said to him, “My adon knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds nursing are upon me. And if they drive them hard for one day, all the flock will die.
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Please let my adon pass before his servant, and I will move gently according to the pace of the livestock that is before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my adon at Seir.”
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And Esav said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” And he said, “Why this? Let me find favor in the eyes of my adon.”
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And Esav returned that day on his way to Seir.
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And Yaaqov journeyed to Sukkot, and built for himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place was called Sukkot.
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And Yaaqov came in peace to the city of Shekhem, which is in the land of Kena’an, when he came from Paddan-Aram, and he encamped before the city.
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And he acquired the portion of the field where he had stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Chamor, father of Shekhem, for one hundred qesitah.
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And he raised an altar there and called it El-Elohei-Yisra’el.