32:1 And Jacob departed for his journey; and
having looked up, he saw the host of Elohim encamped; and the Messengers of Elohim met
him.
32:2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of Elohim; and he
called the name of that place, Encampments.
32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of
Seir, to the country of Edom.
32:4 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus
saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
32:5 And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and men-servants
and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might
find grace in thy sight.
32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau, and lo! he comes to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
32:7 And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the
people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into
two camps.
32:8 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and smite it, the
other camp shall be in safety.
32:9 And Jacob said, Elohim of my father Abraam, and Elohim of my father Isaac, O
Lord, thou [art] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of thy
birth, and I will do thee god.
32:10 Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth
which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed
over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
32:11 Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I
am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother
upon the children.
32:12 But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the
sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
32:13 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried
[with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
32:14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty
rams,
32:15 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty
asses, and ten colts.
32:16 And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart; and he said to
his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
32:17 And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet thee, and he
ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither wouldest thou go, and whose
are these possessions advancing before thee?
32:18 Thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's; he hath sent gifts to my lord
Esau, and lo! he is behind us.
32:19 And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that
went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when
ye find him;
32:20 and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes after us. For he
said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his
presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for peradventure he will
accept me.
32:21 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night
in the camp.
32:22 And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two
servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch.
32:23 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all
his possessions.
32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the
morning.
32:25 And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad
part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his
wrestling with him.
32:26 And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I
will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
32:27 And he said to him, What is thy name? and he answered, Jacob.
32:28 And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but
Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed with Elohim, and shalt be
mighty with men.
32:29 And Jacob asked and said, Tell me thy name; and he said, Wherefore
dost thou ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
32:30 And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of Elohim; for, [said
he,] I have seen Elohim face to face, and my life was preserved.
32:31 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of Elohim; and he
halted upon his thigh.
32:32 Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew
which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day,
because [the Messenger] touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob-- [even]
the sinew which was benumbed. |
32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the
Messengers of Elohim met him.
32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is Elohim's host: and he called the
name of that place Mahanaim.
32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land
of Seir, the country of Edom.
32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau;
Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there
until now:
32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people
that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two
bands;
32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left shall escape.
32:9 And Jacob said, O Elohim of my father Abraham, and Elohim of my father Isaac,
Yehovah which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred,
and I will deal well with thee:
32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of
Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with
the children.
32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to
his hand a present for Esau his brother;
32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and
twenty rams,
32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,
twenty she asses, and ten foals.
32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space
betwixt drove and drove.
32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and
whose are these before thee?
32:18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed
the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find
him.
32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he
said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and
afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in
the company.
32:22 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.
32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he
had.
32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the
breaking of the day.
32:25 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.
32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not
let thee go, except thou bless me.
32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for
as a prince hast thou power with Elohim and with men, and hast prevailed.
32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he
said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him
there.
32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen Elohim
face to face, and my life is preserved.
32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon
his thigh.
32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the
hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. |