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• The man then said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go until you bless me." (Genesis 32, 27)

• "What is your name?" the man asked. He answered, "Jacob." (Genesis 32, 28)

• Then the man said, "You shall no longer be spoken of as Jacob, but as Israel, because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed." (Genesis 32, 29)

• Jacob then asked him, "Do tell me your name, please." He answered, "Why should you want to know my name?" With that, he bade him farewell. (Genesis 32, 30)

• Jacob named the place Peniel, "Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "yet my life has been spared." (Genesis 32, 31)

• At sunrise, as he left Penuel, Jacob limped along because of his hip. (Genesis 32, 32)

• That is why, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the sciatic muscle that is on the hip socket, inasmuch as Jacob's hip socket was struck at the sciatic muscle. (Genesis 32, 33)

• Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, accompanied by four hundred men. So he divided his children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants, (Genesis 33, 1)

• When Esau looked about, he saw the women and children. "Who are these with you?" he asked. Jacob answered, "They are the children whom God has graciously bestowed on your servant." (Genesis 33, 5)

• Then Esau asked, "What did you intend with all those droves that I encountered?" Jacob answered, "It was to gain my lord's favor." (Genesis 33, 8)

• "No, I beg you!" said Jacob. "If you will do me the favor, please accept this gift from me, since to come into your presence is for me like coming into the presence of God, now that you have received me so kindly. (Genesis 33, 10)

• But Jacob replied: "As my lord can see, the children are frail. Besides, I am encumbered with the flocks and herds, which now have sucklings; if overdriven for a single day, the whole flock will die. (Genesis 33, 13)