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Laban said further to Jacob: "Here is this mound, and here is the memorial stone that I have set up between you and me. (Genesis 31, 51)
May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor (their ancestral deities) maintain justice between us!" Jacob took the oath by the Awesome One of Isaac. (Genesis 31, 53)
while Jacob continued on his own way. Then God's messengers encountered Jacob. (Genesis 32, 2)
Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, (Genesis 32, 4)
with this message: "Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: 'Your servant Jacob speaks as follows: I have been staying with Laban and have been detained there until now. (Genesis 32, 5)
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We reached your brother Esau. He is now coming to meet you, accompanied by four hundred men." (Genesis 32, 7)
Jacob was very much frightened. In his anxiety, he divided the people who were with him, as well as his flocks, herds and camels, into two camps. (Genesis 32, 8)
After passing the night there, Jacob selected from what he had with him the following presents for his brother Esau: (Genesis 32, 14)
Then you shall answer, 'They belong to your brother Jacob, but they have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau; and Jacob himself is right behind us.'" (Genesis 32, 19)
and be sure to add, 'Your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" For Jacob reasoned, "If I first appease him with gifts that precede me, then later, when I face him, perhaps he will forgive me." (Genesis 32, 21)
In the course of that night, however, Jacob arose, took his two wives, with the two maidservants and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. (Genesis 32, 23)
Jacob was left there alone. Then some man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. (Genesis 32, 25)