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"So now come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it shall be a witness between you and me."

He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall say to my lord Esau: 'Your servant Jacob says the following: "I have resided with Laban, and stayed until now;

then you shall say, 'These belong to your servant Jacob; it is a gift sent to my lord Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.'"

Then he commanded also the second and the third, and all those who followed the flocks, saying, "In this way you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

and you shall say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.'" For he said, "I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me."

Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed."

"So you will live with us, and the land shall be open to you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it."

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

God also said to him, "I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a multitude of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come from you.

He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" And she said, "Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her and had relations with her, and she conceived by him.

"You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people shall be obedient to you; only regarding the throne will I be greater than you."

Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Though I am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."

So when all the land of Egypt suffered famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do."

by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should happen to him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."

Judah spoke to him, however, saying, "The man sternly warned us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.'

"With whomever of your servants it is found, he shall die, and we also shall be my lord's slaves."

So he said, "Now let it indeed be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, but the rest of you shall be considered innocent."

But he said, "Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."

"For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear that I may see the evil that would overtake my father."