Genesis 32:21

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So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

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    22During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

    23He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.

    24So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

  • Gen 32:13-14
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    13Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau

    14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

  • Gen 32:16-20
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    16He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants,“Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”

    17He instructed the servant leading the first herd,“When my brother Esau meets you and asks,‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’

    18then you must say,‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”

    19He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying,“You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

    20You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

  • Gen 31:20-21
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    20Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving.

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  • Gen 32:7-8
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    7Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.

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    25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

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    17So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels.

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    1Jacob Wrestles at Peniel So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

    2When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed,“This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.

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    4He commanded them,“This is what you must say to my lord Esau:‘This is what your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.

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    11He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

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    54After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said,“Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

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    8Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

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    12Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

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    2When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.

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    23So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

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  • Gen 31:54-55
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    27The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.”

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    5There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.