after the Droves, You shall answer Efau after this fame Manner, when you find him. You fhall alfo fay, Behold Jacob your Servant is behind us; for he said, I shall aap pease him with the Present that goes before me, and afterwards I fhall fee his Face: This may perhaps turn my Fears to Joy. So the Prefent went over before him; and he lodged that Night in the Company. In that fame Night he arose, took his two Wives, two Women-fervants, and his eleven Sons, and made them pafs over the Paffage Jabbok; he took them, and made them pafs over the River, and fent over with them all his Goods.

Thus Jacob being left alone, One embraced him closely until the Morning came. He then faw that he did not hurt him; but he touched the Curvature of his Thigh, and it was relaxed while he embraced him. He faid, Let me go, for the Morning is approaching. But he answered, I will not you go unless you bless me. Then he faid to him, What is your Name? He anfwered, Jacob. He replied, Your Name fhall be no more Jacob, it fhall be Ifrael; for you shall reign with the Gods and with Men, and prevail. Then Jacob ask'd, and faid, Pray tell me your Name? But he

let

In Hebrew, rub his Face over with Pitch, alluding to the deceiving Influence of Gifts.

Or he will lift up my Countenance.
God fhall rule.

answered,

anfwered, Wherefore do you ask after my Name? So he there bleffed him. And Jacob called the Name of that Place * Peniel; for I have feen the Gods Face to Face, and my Soul is preferved. As he paffed over Peniel the Sun rofe upon him, and he halted upon his Thigh. Therefore the Children of Ifrael do not until this Day eat the Sinew that fail'd, which is in the Curvature of the Thigh; becaufe he touched the Curvature of Jacob's Thigh, where the Sinew is that fail'd.

The Face of God.

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CHA P. XXXIII.

his Eyes, and

HEN Jacob lifted up faw Efau coming with four hundred Men; he divided the Children to Leah, to Rachel, and to the two Women-fervants. He put the Women-fervants and their Children foremost, Leah and her Children next, and after them Rachel and Joseph'; but he himself paffed over before them : And when he came nigh to his Brother, he bowed himself feven times towards the Ground. Then Efau ran to falute and embrace him; and when he fell on his Neck, and kiffed him, they wept. When

he

he looked around, and faw the Women and the Children, he faid, Who are they with you? He anfwered, The Children beStowed upon your Servant by the Gods. Then the Women-fervants and their Children approached, and bowed themselves. Leah alfo and her Children approached, and bowed themselves; as did alfo afterwards Rachel and Jofeph. He faid, What do you intend by all this which I met? He answered, To find Favour from my Lord. Efau replied, I have already a great deal, my Brother: Let that remain with you which

is

yours. Then Jacob faid, Not fo, I entreat you: If I fhall find Favour from you, you shall take my Prefent from me; for fince you are pleased with me, I have feen your Face as one fees the Appearances of the Gods. Receive, I beg of you, my Bleffing which is brought to you; because the Gods have been favourable to me, and all these are mine. So he importuned him, and he received it; and afterwards faid, Let us march, and go on, and I shall go before you. But he (viz. Jacob) anfwered, My Lord knows that the Children are tender, as be alfo the Sheep and Cattle that go up with me; and that the Herd being one Day fatigued will die. So let my Lord, I pray you, go over before his Servant, and I will lead on gently, as the Cattle that go before me, and the Children

can bear, until I come to my Lord at Seir. Then Efau faid, Let me leave with you fome of the People who are with me. But he answered, Wherefore fo? Let me find Favour from my Lord. Upon that fame Day Efau returned towards Seir. And Jacob travelled to Succoth, there built a House for himfelf, and made Shades for his Cattle; wherefore he called the Name of the Place Succoth. Jacob on his Way from Padan-aram came to Salem, a City belonging to Shechem, in the Land of Canaan, and pitched his Tent before the City. He bought the Bit of Ground, where he had fixed his Tent, for a hundred Pieces of true Silver, from the Children of Hamor, Shechem's Father. In that Place he erec ted an Altar, and called it * Elobe-Ifrael.

* The Gods of Ifrael.

CHA P. XXXIV.

DINAH the Daughter of Leah, whom the bare to Jacob, went to fee the Daughters of that Land. And Shechem, the Son of Hamor the Hivite, the Prince of the Country, faw her, took her, lay with her, and difhonoured her, for his Affections were ftrongly fixed on Dingh

the

the Daughter of Jacob: So he loved the Girl, and had great * Influence over her Mind. He thus fpoke to Hamor his. Father, Take this young Woman for a Wife to me. When Jacob heard that he had polluted his Daughter Dinah, his Sons were with the Cattle in the Field; fo he held his Peace 'till they returned; for Hamor, the Father of Shechem, had come to Jacob in order to treat with him. When Jacob's Sons, coming from the Field, heard it, they were forry, and very angry that fuch Folly, as to lie with Jacob's Daughter, fuch as before had never been, should be now wrought in Ifrael. Hamor spoke thus to them; My Son Shechem's Soul is very anxious to have your Daughter; give her to him to be his Wife, I entreat you: Make Inter-marriages with us; give us your Daughters, and take ye ours for your felves. Ye fhall dwell with us, for the Land is before you; dwell and trade therein, and get Poffeffions in it. Shechem alfo faid to her Father, and to her Brothers, Let me find Favour from you, and I will give you whatever you please to name: Demand a very large Dowry and Gift, I will give whatever you please to name; only give me the young Woman to Wife. When the Sons of Jacob fpoke, they answered