Study Desk

And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones. And they took stones and they made a memorial pillar.

also, Watchtower; for he said, May Jehovah watch between you and me, for we are hidden, when we are out of sight, each from his neighbor.

The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, the God of their father, let judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread and lodged on the mountain.

And Laban rose up early in the morning and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. And Laban went away and returned to his own place.

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

And Jacob sent messengers before his face to his brother Esau, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

And he remained there that night. And he took a present from what came into his hand, for his brother Esau:

And he gave into the hand of his slaves every drove by itself. And he said to his slaves, Pass over before my face and put a space between drove and drove.

And you shall also say, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will cover his face by the present, the one going before my face, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will lift up my face.

And the present passed before his face, and he remained in the camp that night.

And he rose up that night and took his two wives, and his two slave-girls, and his eleven children. And he passed over the ford Jabbok.

And he took them and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which was his.

And He saw that He had not prevailed against him. And He touched on his hip socket, and Jacob's hip socket was unhinged as he wrestled with Him.

And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And, behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two slave-girls.

And he passed over in front of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times until he came even to his brother.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

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

Please let my lord go before the face of his servant, and I will move on by stages at my ease, according to the feet of the livestock which are before me, and according to the pace of the boys, until I come into my lord to Seir.