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“And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked. Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”

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highlighted Genesis 33:4 NLT

Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

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highlighted Genesis 33:3 NLT

Then Jacob went on ahead. As he approached his brother, he bowed to the ground seven times before him.

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highlighted Genesis 33:2 NLT

He put the servant wives and their children at the front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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highlighted Genesis 33:1 NLT

Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with his 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and his two servant wives.

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highlighted Genesis 32:32 NLT

(Even today the people of Israel don’t eat the tendon near the hip socket because of what happened that night when the man strained the tendon of Jacob’s hip.)

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highlighted Genesis 32:30 NLT

Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”

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highlighted Genesis 32:29 NLT

“Please tell me your name,” Jacob said. “Why do you want to know my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.

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highlighted Genesis 32:28 NLT

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”

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highlighted Genesis 32:26 NLT

Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

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highlighted Genesis 32:25 NLT

When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket.

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highlighted Genesis 32:24 NLT

This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.

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highlighted Genesis 32:19 NLT

Jacob gave the same instructions to the second and third herdsmen and to all who followed behind the herds: “You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

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highlighted Genesis 32:18 NLT

You must reply, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.’”

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highlighted Genesis 32:17 NLT

He gave these instructions to the men leading the first group: “When my brother, Esau, meets you, he will ask, ‘Whose servants are you? Where are you going? Who owns these animals?’

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highlighted Genesis 32:16 NLT

He divided these animals into herds and assigned each to different servants. Then he told his servants, “Go ahead of me with the animals, but keep some distance between the herds.”

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highlighted Genesis 32:13-15 NLT

Jacob stayed where he was for the night. Then he selected these gifts from his possessions to present to his brother, Esau:

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I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!

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highlighted Genesis 32:6 NLT

After delivering the message, the messengers returned to Jacob and reported, “We met your brother, Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you—with an army of 400 men!”

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highlighted Genesis 32:9 NLT

Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my grandfather Abraham, and God of my father, Isaac—O LORD, you told me, ‘Return to your own land and to your relatives.’ And you promised me, ‘I will treat you kindly.’

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