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Reconciliation and the Exchange of Gifts
Genesis 33:5-11
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and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What are these to thee?' And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.'
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And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;
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and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.
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And he saith, `What to thee is all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.'
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And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.'
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And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;
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receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all things ;' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,
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