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Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.

And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.

For if I should not cross over unto thee, neither shouldest thou cross over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar.

And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.

Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.

Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.

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.

and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for peradventure he will accept me.

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.

And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, said he,I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.

And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.

And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.

Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.

And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,

and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.

Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.

And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.

And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race.

And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob�s daughter, and he was the most honourable of all in his father�s house.