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And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.

Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.

Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.

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

Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.

And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.

So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing: