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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... PS in /=& And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. . . . And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. The Book Of Genesis THE FORD i From the first Virginia had insisted on playing the Angel. She stood straight, with her feet wide apart and her hands on Kenneth's shoulders; her hair blew backward in the wind out of the Draw, and her eyes were shining. Kenneth had his arms about her waist and tugged and strained. The part of Jacob had been conceded to him in his right as shepherd of the lamb-band, browsing in the deep meadow of Mariposa beside the creek which did duty as the brook Jabbok. A somewhat older, rather overgrown and gangling boy lounged on the sandbank and umpired the play in a way that the Brent children sometimes found annoying. Ever since Frank had come back from San Francisco the last time, he had shown as much superiority toward the democratic play of Las Palomit