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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 so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept. (Genesis 33, 4)
And Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.” (Genesis 33, 8)
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)
And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day. (Genesis 33, 13)
Esau responded, “I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.” But he said, “There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord.” (Genesis 33, 15)
And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir. (Genesis 33, 16)
