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Genesis 27:20

וַ יֹּאמֶר יִצְחָק אֶל בְּנֹו מַה זֶּה מִהַרְתָּ לִ מְצֹא בְּנִי וַ יֹּאמֶר כִּי הִקְרָה יְהוָה אֶלֹהֶיךָ לְ פָנָי
And He-Laughs is saying toward his builder, `What is this one you have made haste to find, my builder?` And he is saying, `For has caused to meet Yahweh your elohe to my faces.`908
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Literal sentence order. The verb to meet, encounter is in the causative Hiphil. Hiphil verbs are not reflexive. Yahweh is not meeting himself with Jacob but causing elohe to meet with Jacob’s faces.