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Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir."

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

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

Then he bought a portion of a field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred qesitah.

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

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in.

But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, and thus they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

So the young man did not delay to do the thing because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more honored than all the household of his father.

So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

Now it happened on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the unsuspecting city and killed every male.

And they killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods which are among you and cleanse yourselves and change your garments;

And he built an altar there and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.

And God said to him,"Your name is Jacob;Your name shall no longer be called Jacob,But Israel shall be your name."Thus He called his name Israel.

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

Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Now it happened while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. And there were twelve sons of Jacob—

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

And Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old man and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.