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And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on the hill, and he called his kinsmen to eat the meal. And they ate the meal and spent the night on the hill.

And Laban arose early in the morning and kissed his grandsons and his daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his homeland.

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

Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.

And he lodged there that night. Then he took from what he had with him a gift for Esau his brother:

And he put them under the hand of his servants, herd by herd, and said to his servants, "Cross on ahead before me, and put some distance between herds.

And moreover, you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.'" For he thought, "Let me appease him with the gift going before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will show me favor."

That night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

And he took them and sent them across the stream. Then he sent across all his possessions.

And when he saw that he could not prevail against him, he struck his hip socket, so that Jacob's hip socket was sprained as he wrestled with him.

Then the sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau was coming and four hundred men were with him. And he divided the children among Leah and among Rachel, and among the two of his female servants.

And he himself passed on before them and bowed down to the ground seven times until he came to his brother.

But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

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

Let my lord pass on before his servant and I will move along slowly at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me, and at the pace of the children until I come to my lord in Seir."

So Esau turned that day on his way to Seir.

But Jacob traveled on to Succoth, and he built for himself a house, and he made shelters for his livestock. Therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.

And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-Aram. And he camped before the city.

And he bought a piece of land where he pitched his tent for one hundred pieces of money from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem.