Hi, and welcome back
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today
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to read the Word of God. Before
we start let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank you so
much for the wisdom that we are
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going to read right now in these
words, wisdom that comes from
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You that is profitable to
us, helps to make us more pure
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and more usable by you.
Please be with us now as we read
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and change our hearts. We love
you so much and thank you for
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loving us. Amen
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When we left off we were reading
the account of Jacob taking Leah
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and Rachael and fleeing,
and Laban has pursued him, and
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they are having some words about
some stolen images and about
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the wages that Laban gypped
Jacob out of all those years.
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We're picking up the story
here in Genesis 31 verse 44.
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And Laban is talking he
says, Now therefore come thou,
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let us make a covenant,
I and thou. And let it be
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And let it be for a
witness between me and thee.
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And Jacob took a stone and set
it up for a pillar. And Jacob
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said unto his brethren, Gather
stones. And they took stones
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and made an heap: and they
did eat there upon the heap
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and Laban called
it Jegarsahadutha.
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but Jacob called it Galeed.
And Laban said, this heap
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is a witness between me and thee
this day. Therefore was the name
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of it called Galeed; And Mizpah;
for he said, The Lord watch
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between me and thee, when we are
absent one from another. If thou
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shalt afflict my daughters, or
if thou shalt take other wives
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beside my
daughters, no man is with us;
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see, God is witness
betwixt me and thee.
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And Laban said to Jacob, Behold
this heap and behold this pillar
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which I have cast betwixt me and
thee; This heap be witness, and
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this pillar be witness, that
I will not pass over this heap
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to thee, and that thou
shalt not pass over this heap
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and this pillar
unto me, for harm.
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The God of Abraham,
and the God of Nahor,
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the God of their father, judge
betwixt us. And Jacob sware
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by the fear of his father Isaac.
Then Jacob offered sacrifice
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upon the mount, and called
his brethren to eat bread:
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and they did eat bread, and
tarried all night in the mount.
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And early in the morning Laban
rose up, and kissed his sons
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and his daughters, and blessed
them: and Laban departed,
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and returned unto his place.
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We're continuing to read now in
the book of Genesis, chapter 32
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and this is the
King James version.
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And Jacob went on his way,
and the angels of God met him.
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And when Jacob saw them,
he said, This is God's host:
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and he called the name
of that place Mahanaim.
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And Jacob sent messengers
before him to Esau his brother
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unto the land of
Seir, the country of Edom.
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And he commanded them,
saying, Thus shall ye speak
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unto my Lord Esau; Thy
servant Jacob saith thus,
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I have sojourned with Laban
and stayed there until now:
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And I have oxen, and
asses, flocks, and menservants,
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and womenservants: and I
have sent to tell my lord,
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that I may find grace in
thy sight. And the messengers
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returned to Jacob, saying,
We came to thy brother Esau,
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and also he cometh to meet thee,
and four hundred men with him.
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Then Jacob was
greatly afraid and distressed:
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and he divided the people that
was with him, and the flocks,
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and herds, and the camels,
into two bands; and said,
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If Esau come to the
one company, and smite it,
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then the other company
which is left shall escape.
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And Jacob said, O God of
my father Abraham, and God of
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my father Isaac, the Lord which
saidst unto me, Return unto thy
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country, and to thy kindred,
and I will deal well with thee:
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I am not worthy of the least of
all the mercies, and of all the
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truth, which thou has
shewed unto thy servant;
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for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become
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two bands.
Deliver me, I pray thee,
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from the hand of my
brother, from the hand of Esau:
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for I fear him, lest he
will come and smite me and
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the mother with the children.
And thou saidst, I will surely
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do thee good, and make thy
seed as the sand of the sea,
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which cannot be numbered for
multitude. And he lodged there
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that same night; and took
of that which came to his hand
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a present for Esau his brother;
Two hundred she goats, and
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twenty he goats, two
hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
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Thirty milch camels with their
colts, forty kine, and ten bulls
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twenty she asses, and ten foals.
And he delivered them unto the
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hand of his servants,
every drove by themselves;
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and said unto his
servants, Pass over before me,
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and put a space betwixt drove
and drove. And he commanded
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the foremost, saying, When
Esau my brother meeteth thee
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and asketh thee, saying. Whose
art thou and whither goest thou?
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and whose are these before
thee? Then thou shalt say,
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They be thy servant Jacob's; it
is a present sent unto my lord
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Esau: and, behold,
also he is behind us.
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And so commanded he
the second, and the third,
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and all that followed the droves
saying, On this manner shall ye
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speak unto Esau, when ye
find him. And say ye moreover,
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behold, thy servant Jacob
is behind us. For he said,
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I will appease him with the
present that goeth before me.
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And afterward I will see
his face; peradventure he will
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accept of me. So went
the present over before him:
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and himself lodged
that night in the company.
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And he rose up that
night, and took his two wives,
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and his two womenservants,
and his eleven sons,
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and passed over the ford Jabbok.
And he took them, and sent them
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over the brook, and
sent over that he had.
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And Jacob was left alone; and
there wrestled a man with him
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until the breaking of the day.
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And when he saw that he
prevailed not against him,
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he touched the hollow of his
thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's
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thigh was out of joint,
as he wrestled with him.
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And he said, Let me go, for
the day breaketh. And he said,
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I will not let thee
go, except thou bless me.
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And he said unto him, What
is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Thy name shall be
called no more Jacob, but Israel
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for as a prince hast thou
power with God and with men,
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and hast prevailed. And
Jacob asked him, and said,
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Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.
And he said, Wherefore is it
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that thou dost ask after my
name? And he blessed him there.
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And Jacob called the name of the
place Peniel for I have seen God
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face to face, and
my life is preserved.
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And as he passed over
Penuel the sun rose upon him,
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and he halted upon his thigh.
Therefore the children of Israel
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eat not of the sinew which
shrank, which if upon the hollow
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of the thigh, unto this day:
because he touched the hollow
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of Jacob's thigh in
the sinew that shrank.
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We are continuing to
read in Genesis, chapter 33.
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And this is the
King James version.
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And Jacob lifted up his eyes,
and looked, and behold, Esau
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came and with him four hundred
men. And he divided the children
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unto Leah, and unto Rachael
and unto the two handmaids.
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And he put the handmaids
and their children foremost,
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and Leah and her children after,
and Rachel and Joseph hindermost
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And he passed over before them,
and bowed himself to the ground
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seven times, until he came near
to his brother. And Esau ran
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to meet him and embraced
him, and fell on his neck,
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and kissed him: and they
wept. And he lifted up his eyes,
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and saw the children
and the women and said,
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Who are those with thee? And
he said, The children which God
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hath graciously given thy
servant, Then the handmaidens
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came near, they and
their children, and they bowed
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themselves. And Leah also with
her children, and they bowed
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themselves: and after
came Joseph near and Rachel,
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and they bowed themselves.
And he said, What meanest thou
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by all this drove which I met?
And he said, These are to find
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grace in the sight of my lord.
And Esau said, I have enough,
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my brother; keep that
thou hast unto thyself.
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And Jacob said, Nay, I pray
thee if now I have found grace
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in thy sight, then
receive my present at my hand:
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for therefore I have seen
thy face, as though I had seen
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the face of God and
thou wast pleased with me.
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Take, I pray thee, my blessing
that is brought to thee;
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because God hath
dealt graciously with me,
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and because I have enough.
And he urged him and he took it.
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And he said, Let us take
our journey, and let us go, and
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I will go before thee. And he
said unto him, My lord knoweth
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that the children are
tender, and the flocks and herds
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with young are with me:
and men should overdrive them
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one day, all the flock will
die. Let my lord, I pray thee,
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pass over before his servant:
and I will lead on softly,
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according as the
cattle that goeth before me
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and the children be able to
endure, until I come unto my
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lord unto Seir. And Esau
said, Let me now leave with thee
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some of the folk
that are with me.
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And he said, What needeth it?
Let me find grace in the sight
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of my lord. So Esau returned
that day on his way unto Seir.
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And Jacob journeyed to
Succoth, and built him an house,
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and made booths for his cattle:
therefore the name of the place
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is called Succoth.
And Jacob came to Shalem,
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a city of Shechem, which is
in the land of Canaan, when he
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came from Padanaram; and
pitched his tent before the city
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And he bought a parcel of
a field, where he had spread
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his tent, at the hand of
the children of Hamor, Shechem's
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father for an
hundred pieces of money.
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And he erected there an altar
and called it Elelohe Israel.
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Reading in Genesis, chapter 34.
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And this is the
King James version.
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And Dinah, the daughter of
Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,
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went out to see the daughters
of the land. And when Shechem,
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the son of Hamor the Hivite,
prince of the country saw her
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he took her, and lay
with her, and defiled her.
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And his soul clave unto
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob,
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and he loved the damsel, and
spake kindly unto the damsel.
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And Shechem spake unto his
father, Hamor, saying, Get me
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this damsel to wife. And Jacob
heard that he had defiled Dinah
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his daughter: now his sons were
with his cattle in the field:
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and Jacob held his
peace until they were come.
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And Hamor the father of Shechem,
went out unto Jacob to commune
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with him. And the sons of
Jacob came out of the field
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when they heard it:
and the men were grieved,
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and they were very wroth,
because he had wrought folly
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in Israel in lying
with Jacob's daughter;
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which thing ought not to
be done. And Hamor communed
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with them, saying, The soul
of my son, Shechem longeth for
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your daughter: I pray
you give her him to wife.
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And make ye marriages with us,
and give your daughters unto us,
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and take our daughters unto
you. And ye shall dwell with us:
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and the land shall be
before you; dwell and trade ye
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therein, and get
you possessions therein.
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And Shechem said unto her
father and unto her brethren,
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Let me find grace in your eyes,
and what ye shall say unto me
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I will give. Ask me
never so much dowry and gift,
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and I will give according
as ye shall say unto me:
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but give me the damsel to wife.
And the sons of Jacob answered
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Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because
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he had defiled
Dinah their sister:
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And they said unto
them, we cannot do this thing,
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to give our sister to
one that is uncircumcised;
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for that were a reproach unto us
but in this will we consent unto
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you: If ye will be as we
be, that every male of you be
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circumcised; then will we
give our daughters unto you,
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and we will take your daughters
unto us, and we will dwell
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with you, and we will become as
one people. But if ye will not
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hearken unto us, to be
circumcised; then will we
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take our daughter,
and we will be gone.
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And their words pleased
Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son.
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And the young man deferred not
to do the thing, because he had
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delight in Jacob's daughter:
and he was more honourable
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than all the house of his
father. And Hamor and Shechem
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his son came unto the gate
of their city, an communed with
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the men of their city, saying,
These men are peacable with us.
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therefore let them dwell in
the land, and trade therein;
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for the land, behold, it
is large enough for them;
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let us take their
daughters to us for wives,
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and let us give
them our daughters.
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Only herein will the men consent
unto us for to dwell with us,
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to be one people, if every
male among us be circumcised,
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as they are circumcised.
Shall not their cattle
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and their substance and
every beast of theirs be ours?
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only let us consent unto them,
and they will dwell with us.
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And unto Hamor and unto
Shechem his son hearkened all
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that went out of
the gate of his city;
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and every male was circumcised,
all that went out of the gate
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of his city. Thank
you for joining with me
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to read today. Please
join me next time. Goodbye.
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