And Jacob asked him, and said, "Tell me, I pray thee, thy name."

And he said, "Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?" And he

blessed him there.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, "I have

seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." And the sun rose upon

him as he passed over Peniel, and he halted upon his thigh.

=Sec.16. The Meeting With Esau= (Gen. 33:1-16)

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and

with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and

unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and

their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and

Joseph hindermost. And he himself passed over before them, and bowed

himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and

kissed him: and they wept. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women

and the children; and said, "Who are these with thee?"

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