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What is thy name? asked the other, and when he heard that it was Jacob, (Genesis 32, 27)
Jacob, he said, is no name for thee, thou shalt be called Israel, one that prevails with God.✻ If thou hast held thy own with God, how wilt thou prevail over men! (Genesis 32, 28)
Tell me, asked Jacob, what is thy own name? Why wouldst thou know my name? he answered, and gave him there and then, his blessing. (Genesis 32, 29)
So Jacob called the place Phanuel, the Face of God; I have seen God face to face, he said, and my life was not forfeit. (Genesis 32, 30)
that is why the race of Israel, to this day, will not eat the sinew of the thigh, in which Jacob’s strength failed him, the sinew of his thigh that withered when it was touched. (Genesis 32, 32)
And now Jacob looked in front of him, and there was Esau coming towards him, with four hundred men at his back. So he divided up his children into families, Lia’s sons and Rachel’s and those of the two serving-women. (Genesis 33, 1)
And when Esau asked, What of those companies I met on my way? Jacob answered, A gift, my lord, to secure me thy good will. (Genesis 33, 8)
But Jacob said, No, I entreat thee; do me the favour to accept this present of mine; to gain audience with thee is like gaining audience with God himself. Assure me of thy favour (Genesis 33, 10)
But Jacob answered, My lord, bethink thee that I have young children with me; that I have ewes here in lamb, and cows in calf, so that I may lose a whole herd if I overdrive them. (Genesis 33, 13)
Pray then, said Esau, take some of my followers to escort thee on thy journey. No need for that, answered Jacob; enough for me, my lord, that I should have thy good will. (Genesis 33, 15)
Jacob went as far as Socoth, and there built himself a house, with sheds for his cattle; that is why he called the place Socoth, which means Sheds. (Genesis 33, 17)
When Jacob was told of it, his sons were away, engaged in feeding their cattle; so he kept silence, awaiting their return. (Genesis 34, 5)
