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20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he said, “I will take away his anger with the gift that goes in front of me. Then when I meet him, he might receive me.” 21 So the gift went in front of him, while he stayed that night in the tent.

Jacob’s Name Is Changed to Israel

22 But he got up that same night and crossed the Jabbok River, with his two wives, the two women who served him, and his eleven children.

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