So went the presẽt before him ãd he taried all that nyghte in the
tente/ ãd rose vp the same nyghte ãd toke his .ij. wyves and his .ij.
maydens & his .xi. sonnes/ & went ouer the foorde Iabok. And he toke
them ãd sent thẽ ouer the ryuer/ ãd sent ouer that he had ãd taried
behinde him selfe alone.
And there wrastled a man with him vnto the breakynge of the daye. And
when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him/ he smote hĩ vnder
the thye/ and the senowe of Iacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with
him. And he sayde: let me goo/ for the daye breaketh. And he sayde: I
will not lett the goo/ excepte thou blesse me. And he sayde vnto him:
what is thy name? He answered: Iacob. And he sayde: thou shalt be
called Iacob nomore/ but Israell. For thou hast wrastled with God and
with men ãd hast preuayled.
And Iacob asked him sainge/ tell me thi name. And he sayde/ wherfore
dost thou aske after my name? and he blessed him there. And Iacob
called the name of the place Peniel/ for I haue sene God face to face/
and yet is my lyfe reserved. And as he went ouer Peniel/ the sonne
rose vpon him/ and he halted vpon his thye: wherfore the childern of
Israell eate not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye/ vnto this
daye: because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that
shroncke.
The .xxxiij. Chapter.
Iacob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come/ & with him
.iiij. hundred men. And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto
Rahel and vnto y^e ij. maydens. And he put the maydens ãd their
childern formest/ ãd Lea and hir childern after/ and Rahel ãd Ioseph
hindermost. And he went before them and fell on the grownde .vij.
tymes/ vntill he came vnto his brother.
Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and
kyssed him/ and they wepte. And he lifte vp his eyes and sawe the
wyves and their childern/ and sayde: what are these which thou there
hast? And he sayde: they are the childern which God hath geuen thy
seruaunte. Than came the maydens forth/ ãd dyd their obaysaunce. Lea
also and hir childern came and dyd their obaysaunce. And last of all
came Ioseph and Rahel and dyd their obaysaunce.
And he sayde: what meanyst thou with all y^e drooues which I mett. And
he answered: to fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde. And Esau sayde:
I haue ynough my brother/ kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf. Iacob
answered: oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte/ receaue my
preasẽt of my hãde: for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene y^e
face of God: wherfore receaue me to grace and take my blessynge that I
haue brought the/ for God hath geuen it me frely. And I haue ynough of
all thynges. And so he compelled him to take it.
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