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But when the weaker animals mated, Jacob did not put the branches there. So the animals born from the weaker animals were Laban's, and those born from the stronger animals were Jacob's.

So Jacob told Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where he kept his flocks.

So God has taken the animals away from your father and has given them to me.

God took all this wealth from our father, and now it belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you to do."

So Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,

so he gathered his relatives and began to chase him. After seven days Laban found him in the mountains of Gilead.

So Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had made his camp in the mountains, so Laban and his relatives set up their camp in the mountains of Gilead.

So Laban looked in Jacob's tent, in Leah's tent, and in the tent where the two slave women stayed, but he did not find his idols. When he left Leah's tent, he went into Rachel's tent.

Rachel said to her father, "Father, don't be angry with me. I am not able to stand up before you because I am having my monthly period." So Laban looked through the camp, but he did not find his idols.

So Jacob took a large rock and set it up on its end.

He told his relatives to gather rocks, so they took the rocks and piled them up; then they ate beside the pile.

Let the God of Abraham, who is the God of Nahor and the God of their ancestors, punish either of us if we break this agreement." So Jacob made a promise in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped.

When he saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim.

So Jacob sent the gifts to Esau, but he himself stayed that night in the camp.

So Jacob was alone, and a man came and wrestled with him until the sun came up.

So Jacob named that place Peniel, saying, "I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved."

So even today the people of Israel do not eat the muscle that is on the hip joint of animals, because Jacob was touched there.

Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and with him were four hundred men. So Jacob divided his children among Leah, Rachel, and the two slave girls.

So I beg you to accept the gift I give you. God has been very good to me, and I have more than I need." And because Jacob begged, Esau accepted the gift.

So, my master, you go on ahead of me, your servant. I will follow you slowly and let the animals and the children set the speed at which we travel. I will meet you, my master, in Edom."