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But it was told Laban the Syrian on the third day, that Jacob was fled.

And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.

And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.

But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.

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

And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed with God, and shalt be mighty with men.

But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.

But if ye will not hearken to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.

But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.

And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?

And God said to him, Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.

And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay your hands upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.

Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.

And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.

And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Ænan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.

And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her.

But he would not; but said to his master’s wife, If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him: