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He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed."

So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."

Jacob said, "No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.

He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young girl for a wife."

Now 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 done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

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

"Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people.

"These men are friendly with us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now you have another son."

It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.

for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf."

Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."

Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.