. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . t E-sau wason his way to meet Ja-cob with a large force of Ja-cob thought of the wrongs he had done hisbroth-er, and was in great fear of him. He sought the help of God, and God told himwhat to do. And Ja-cob sent great droves of sheepand goats, and ewes and rams, and camels and colts,and cows, and choice ones from all his live stock, asa gift to E-sau. And at night, when no one else was near, a manwhose face shone with a strange light, came to J a- Jacob and Rachel, 7g cob and wound his
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . t E-sau wason his way to meet Ja-cob with a large force of Ja-cob thought of the wrongs he had done hisbroth-er, and was in great fear of him. He sought the help of God, and God told himwhat to do. And Ja-cob sent great droves of sheepand goats, and ewes and rams, and camels and colts,and cows, and choice ones from all his live stock, asa gift to E-sau. And at night, when no one else was near, a manwhose face shone with a strange light, came to J a- Jacob and Rachel, 7g cob and wound his arms round him and tried tothrow ^ him. And the two strove so hard thatJa-cobs thigh was put out of joint. And as it grewlight the man said, Letme go, for the daybreaks. Ja-cob said, I willnot let thee go till thouhast blest me. And the man said,What is thy name?And he said, Ja-cob. And he said Thyname shall be no moreJa-cob but Is-ra-el, foras a prince thou hastpow-er with God andv/ith men. And when he hadblest Ja-cob he wenthis way. And Ja-cobgave the place the nameof Pe-ni-el, for, said he,. THE MEET-ING OF JA-COB AND E-SAU. I have seen God face to face and my life has beenspared tor Ja-cob knew by this that E-sau wouldnot kill him, 8o History of the Old Testament. When Ja-cob was an old, old man Ra-chel borehim a son; and they called his name Ben-ja-min,And Ra-chel died. And it was hard for Ja-cob tohave her die and leave him, for his love for her wasgreat, and she was a good wife to him. CHAPTER VI. JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN. Ja-cob had twelve sons, and he was more fond ofJo-seph than of all the rest; for he was the child ofhis old age. And he gave him a fine coat, and madea great pet of him. This did not please the rest ofthe sons, and they showed their hate of Jo-seph inall sorts of ways. One night Jo-seph had a strange dream, and hetold it to Le-vi, Sim-e-on, and the rest, and it madethem hate him all the more. He said, As we bound sheaves in the field, lo,my sheaf rose
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