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And the man said to him, Let me go, for day is breaking. And he said, I will not let you go unless you bless me.

And he said to him. Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel (the Prince of God); for you have proved your strength wrestling with an angel and with man, and have prevailed.

And Jacob called the name of that place Peniel; for be said, I have seen an angel face to face, and my life is preserved.

And Esau said to him, Let me leave with you some of the men that are with me. But Jacob said, What need have I for them? Let me find mercy in the sight of my lord.

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made sheepfolds for his cattle; therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.

And he bought a parcel of a field from the children of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred ewes.

And his soul longed for Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl, and spoke kindly to the girl, and won her heart.

And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; give her to him in marriage.

And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach to us;

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

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have done me a great harm, for you have hurt my reputation among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I being few in numbers, they may gather themselves together against me, and attack me; I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this one also is a son for you.

For their wealth was too great for them to dwell together; and the land in which they sojourned could not sustain them because of their cattle.

And his brothers said to him, Are you indeed going to reign over us? Or are you going to have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

Come, let us sell him to the Arabians, and let us not harm him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers listened to him.

Then some Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Arabians for twenty pieces of silver; and they brought him into Egypt.

And he returned to his brothers, and said to them, Where is the boy; and as for me, where shall I go?

Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And all his sons and all his daughters made an effort to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, I will go down to Sheol, to my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.