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And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host; so he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

And so he commanded the second and the third and all who followed with the droves, saying. In this manner you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.

So the present went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the encampment.

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

And Jacob heard that Dinah his daughter had been defiled; now his sons were with the cattle in the field; so Jacob held his peace until they came.

So they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their possession, and the earrings that were in their ears; and Jacob buried them under the oak which was by Shechem.

So Jacob came to Luz, that is Beth-el, which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people that were with him.

Then Deborah Rebekahs nurse died, and she was buried below Bethel under an oak; so the name of the oak was called Betemtha dabkhatha (the oak of weeping).

And God said to him. Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; so he called his name Israel.

Then his father said to him, Go, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

And he said, What kind of a pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your ring and your robe and the staff that is in your hand. So he gave them to her, and then went in unto her, and she conceived by him.

So he asked Pharaohs officers who were with him in the prison of his masters house, saying, Why do you look so sad today?

And the ill-favored and lean cows ate up the seven beautiful and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt; and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was no man who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; I was restored to my position, and he was crucified.

And let the grain be kept for the land against the seven years of famine which shall come in the land of Egypt; so that the land may not perish through the famine.

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph. Forasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is none so wise and discreet as you are:

And so Josephs ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

And Joseph said to them, It is not so, but to get a report about the land you have come.