taried all night in the mount. 55 And earely in the morning, Laban rose vp and kissed his sonnes, and his daughters, and blessed them and Laban departed, and returned vnto his place. CHAP. XXXII. 6 He is 13 Hee I Iacobs vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. Nd Iacob went on his way, and the Angels of God met A him. 2 And when Iacob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste : and hee called the name of that place || Mahanaim. That is, 3 And Iacob sent messengers before him, to Esau his two hostes brother, vnto the land of Seir, the countrey of Edom. or campes. + Heb. 4 And he commaunded them, saying, Thus shall ye speake Field. vnto my lord Esau, Thy seruant Iacob saith thus, I haue soiourned with Laban, and stayed there vntill now. 5 And I haue oxen, and asses, flockes, and men seruants and women seruants: and I haue sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 ¶ And the messengers returned to Iacob, saying, Wee came to thy brother Esau, and also he commeth to meet thee, and foure hundred men with him. 7 Then Iacob was greatly afraid, and distressed, and he diuided the people that was with him, and the flockes, and herdes, and the camels into two bands, 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite 9¶ And Iacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and Returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kinred, and I will *Chap. 31. deale well with thee: 13. 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of + Heb. I all the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe I passed ouer this Iordan, and now I become two bands. am 11 Deliuer me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, am lesse then all &c. from the hand of ↑ Heb. vpon. Esau: for I feare him, lest he will come, and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbred for multitude. 13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night, and tooke of that which came to his hand, a present for Esau his brother: 14 Two hundred shee goats, and twentie hee goats, two hundred ewes, and twentie rammes, 15 Thirtie milch camels with their colts, fortie kine, and ten bulles, twenty shee ashes, and ten foales. 16 And hee deliuered them into the hand of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and said vnto his seruants, Passe ouer before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue. 17 And he commanded the formost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iacobs: it is a present sent vnto my lord Esau: and behold also, he is behind vs. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droues, saying, On this maner shal you speake vnto Esau, when you find him. 20 And say ye moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iacob is behind vs for he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; +Heb. my peraduenture he will accept of me. face. 21 So went the present ouer before him and himselfe lodged that night in the company. 22 And hee rose vp that night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two women seruants, and his eleuen sonnes, and passed ouer the foord Iabbok. +Heb. cau- 23 And he tooke them, and †sent them ouer the brooke, and sed to passe. sent ouer that hee had. + Hebr. 24¶ And Iacob was left alone: and there wrestled a man with him, vntill the † breaking of the day. Ascending 25 And when he saw, that he preuailed not against him, he of the mor- touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Iacobs ning. thigh was out of ioynt, as hee wrestled with him. ! 26 And he said, Let me goe, for the day breaketh and he said, I will not let thee goe, except thou blesse me. *Ose. 12. 27 And he said vnto him, What is thy name? and he said, 4Iacob. 10. 28 And he said, *Thy name shall be called no more Iacob, *Chap. 35. 29 And Iacob asked him, and saide, Tell me, I pray thee, 30 And Iacob called the name of the place || Peniel: for I 32 Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe CHAP. XXXIII. 1 The kindnesse of Iacob and Esau at their meeting. AND Nd Iacob lifted vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and with him foure hundreth men and hee diuided the children vnto Leah, and vnto Rachel, and vnto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaides, and their chidren foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost. 3 And hee passed ouer before them, and bowed himselfe to the ground seuen times, vntill hee came neere to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meete him, and imbraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept. That is, The face of God. thee. 5 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and said, Who are those † with thee? And he said, +Heb. To The children which God hath graciously giuen thy seruant. 6 Then the handmaidens came neere; they and their children, and they bowed themselues. 7 And 7 And Leah also with her children came neere, and bowed themselues and after came Ioseph neere and Rachel, and they bowed themselues. +Heb.what 8 And he said, †What meanest thou by all this droue, is all this which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. band to thee? + Heb. bee 9 And Esau said, I haue enough: my brother, †keepe that that to thee thou hast vnto thy selfe. that is thine. 10 And Iacob saide, Nay, I pray thee if now I haue found grace in thy sight, then receiue my present at my hand: for therefore I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God; and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with mee, and because I haue enough and hee vrged him, and he tooke it. 12 And he said, Let vs take our iourney, and let vs goe, and I will goe before thee. 13 And hee said vnto him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, and the flockes and heards with yong are +Heb. ac with mee: and if men should ouer-driue them one day, all cording to the foote of the flocke will die. the worke, &c. & according 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, passe ouer before his seruant, and I will leade on softly, according tas the cattell that goeth to the foot before me, and the children be able to endure, vntill I come vnto my lord vnto Seir. of the children. Set, 15 And Esau said, Let me now fleaue with thee some of the folke that are with me: And hee said, †What needeth it? let me finde grace in the sight of my lord. or place. + Heb. wherfore is this? That is, boothes. * Called Acts. 7. 16. Sychem. * Called Acts. 7. 16. || Or, That is, God, the God of Israel. 16¶ So Esau returned that day, on his way vnto Seir. 17 And Iacob iourneyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made boothes for his cattell: therefore the name of the place is called ||Succoth. 18 And Iacob came to Shalem, a citie of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram, and pitched his tent before the Citie. 19 And he bought a parcell of a field where hee had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundred ||pieces of money. 20 And hee erected there an Altar, and called it || El-EloheIsrael. CHAP. XXXIIII. 1 Dinah is rauished by Shechem. 4 He sueth to marry her. 13 The sonnes of Iacob offer the condition of Circumcision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem perswade them to accept it. 25 The sonnes of Iacob vpon that aduantage slay them, 27 and spoile their citie. 30 Iacob reprooueth Simeon and Leui. Nd Dinah the daughter of Leah, which shee bare vnto A lacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite, prince of the countrey saw her, he tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her. + Hebr. her. 3 And his soule claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iacob, humbled and hee loued the damsell, and spake kindly vnto the damsell. 4 And Shechem spake vnto his father Hamor, saying, Get mee this damsell to wife. 5 And Iacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter (now his sonnes were with his cattel in the field) and Iacob helde his peace vntill they were come. 6¶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out vnto Iacob to commune with him. 7 And the sonnes of Iacob came out of the field when they heard it, and the men were grieued: and they were very wroth, because hee had wrought folly in Israel, in lying with Iacobs daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soule of my sonne Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you giue her him to wife. 9 And make ye mariages with vs, and giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with vs, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade you therein, and get you possessions therein. II And Shechem said vnto her father, and vnto her brethren, Let mee finde grace in your eyes, and what yee shall say vnto me, I will giue. 12 Aske mee neuer so much dowrie and gift, and I will giue according as + Hebr. to her heart. |