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company_n the_o other_o shall_v escape_v second_o he_o pray_v earnest_o to_o god_n to_o save_v he_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o brother_n who_o he_o great_o fear_v three_o he_o present_v he_o with_o a_o large_a present_a and_o set_v a_o space_n betwixt_o drove_n and_o drive_v command_v they_o to_o answer_v his_o brother_n with_o all_o submissness_n say_v when_o they_o shall_v be_v ask_v who_o be_v these_o before_o thou_o they_o be_v thy_o brother_n jacob_n it_o be_v a_o present_a send_v to_o my_o lord_n esau_n and_o he_o be_v behind_o we_o and_o so_o the_o second_o and_o the_o three_o and_o all_o that_o follow_v the_o drove_n say_v i_o will_v pacify_v he_o with_o a_o gift_n that_o go_v before_o i_o and_o afterward_o i_o will_v see_v his_o face_n peradventure_o he_o will_v accept_v of_o i_o and_o then_o have_v wrestle_v with_o god_n chap._n 32._o he_o see_v his_o brother_n come_v and_o divide_v his_o child_n to_o leah_n and_o rachel_n and_o the_o young_a maiden_n and_o set_v the_o 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seasonable_a bounty_n be_v fruit_n of_o prudence_n and_o by_o such_o mean_n to_o save_v ourselves_o from_o danger_n be_v a_o part_n of_o wisdom_n and_o discretion_n the_o like_a prudence_n jacob_n practise_v towards_o the_o egyptian_a lord_n who_o he_o think_v to_o be_v offend_v not_o know_v that_o it_o be_v his_o son_n joseph_n for_o when_o they_o be_v to_o have_v benjamin_n in_o before_o he_o he_o wish_v they_o to_o take_v a_o present_a with_o they_o and_o double_a money_n in_o their_o hand_n that_o they_o may_v prevent_v all_o occasion_n of_o distaste_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o money_n that_o be_v in_o his_o sack_n mouth_n gen._n 43.11_o 12._o we_o must_v pray_v to_o god_n to_o give_v we_o the_o likewise_o discretion_n that_o we_o may_v careful_o use_v all_o fit_a mean_n to_o assuage_v wrath_n and_o so_o by_o god_n blessing_n upon_o our_o discreet_a care_n may_v free_v ourselves_o from_o evil_a but_o stubbornness_n and_o niggardliness_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o four_o stand_v upon_o our_o right_n or_o innocency_n that_o it_o may_v carry_v a_o show_n of_o courage_n and_o resolution_n be_v yet_o indeed_o a_o fruit_n of_o folly_n and_o self-conceit_n industrious_a further_o jacob_n be_v a_o painful_a and_o industrious_a person_n for_o when_o he_o come_v to_o padan_n aram_n and_o meet_v with_o the_o shepherd_n and_o with_o rachel_n come_v with_o her_o father_n flock_n he_o advise_v they_o concern_v the_o order_n of_o their_o cattle_n and_o himself_o roll_v away_o the_o stone_n from_o the_o well_n mouth_n and_o water_v rachel_n sheep_n chap._n 29.8_o 9_o 10._o and_o afterward_o he_o abide_v in_o laban_n house_n for_o a_o month_n he_o do_v not_o live_v idle_o there_o but_o behave_v himself_o so_o painful_o and_o serviceable_o that_o laban_n himself_o make_v he_o offer_v of_o wage_n say_v thou_o shall_v not_o serve_v i_o for_o nought_o so_o that_o laban_n find_v he_o a_o painful_a and_o serviceable_a man_n which_o make_v he_o willing_a to_o entertain_v he_o but_o especial_o when_o he_o have_v undertake_v the_o care_n of_o his_o father_n in_o law_n sheep_n he_o serve_v he_o with_o all_o his_o might_n as_o he_o tell_v his_o two_o wife_n chap._n 31.6_o which_o also_o he_o allege_v to_o laban_n self_n in_o the_o day_n the_o drought_n consume_v i_o and_o the_o frost_n by_o night_n and_o sleep_v depart_v from_o my_o eye_n chap._n 31._o 40._o you_o see_v that_o he_o be_v not_o idle_a careless_a and_o sluggish_a but_o very_o diligent_a and_o laborious_a commendable_a herein_o we_o must_v imitate_v he_o every_o man_n in_o his_o place_n the_o diligent_a hand_n make_v rich_a say_v solomon_n and_o he_o that_o till_v his_o ground_n shall_v be_v satisfy_v with_o bread_n and_o the_o good_a man_n shall_v eat_v the_o labour_n of_o his_o hand_n but_o on_o the_o other_o part_n slothfulness_n idleness_n loiter_v be_v disgrace_v in_o the_o book_n of_o god_n and_o misery_n and_o want_n be_v threaten_v as_o a_o punishment_n against_o they_o they_o shall_v be_v 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last_o jacob_n be_v also_o just_a in_o his_o deal_n with_o all_o for_o when_o laban_n pursue_v he_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o thief_n he_o bid_v he_o search_v among_o all_o his_o good_n if_o he_o can_v find_v any_o thing_n there_o that_o be_v his_o and_o when_o nothing_o be_v find_v there_o unjust_o get_v he_o be_v bold_a to_o chide_v with_o laban_n for_o pursue_v he_o in_o that_o violent_a manner_n gen._n 31.37_o and_o so_o when_o the_o money_n be_v return_v back_o in_o his_o son_n sack_n mouth_n he_o not_o know_v how_o it_o come_v thither_o wish_v they_o to_o return_v it_o back_o lest_o it_o may_v be_v a_o oversight_n loe_o he_o will_v not_o make_v advantage_n of_o a_o oversight_n but_o that_o which_o be_v another_o or_o may_v be_v he_o be_v careful_a to_o return_v unto_o the_o right_a owner_n and_o that_o though_o it_o may_v seem_v in_o show_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o keep_v it_o let_v we_o learn_v righteousness_n of_o he_o take_v not_o any_o other_o man_n good_n keep_v not_o 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