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So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.

So he lodged there that same night, and took what came to his hand as a present for Esau his brother:

So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, "In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

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

Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, "Who are these with you?" So he said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." So he urged him, and he took it.

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

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

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob held his peace until they came.

So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it."

Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife."

So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth. [fn]

And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel.