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• And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.” (Genesis 32, 6)

• Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies, (Genesis 32, 7)

• And Jacob said: “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me: ‘Return to your land, and to the place of your nativity, and I will do well for you.’ (Genesis 32, 9)

• you shall respond: “Your servant Jacob’s. He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau. And he is also coming after us.” (Genesis 32, 18)

• And you will add: ‘Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us, for he said: “I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead, and after this, I will see him; perhaps he will be gracious to me.” ’ ” (Genesis 32, 20)

• Therefore he said, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.” (Genesis 32, 27)

• But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?” (Genesis 32, 28)

• Jacob questioned him, “Tell me, by what name are you called?” He responded, “Why do you ask my name?” And he blessed him in the same place. (Genesis 32, 29)

• And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.” (Genesis 32, 30)

• For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob’s thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed. (Genesis 32, 32)

• Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids. (Genesis 33, 1)

• And Jacob said: “I beg you, let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes, receive a small present from my hands. For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God. Be gracious to me, (Genesis 33, 10)