Genesis 32
1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Iacob autem abiit in itinere quod coeperat: fueruntque ei obviam Angeli Dei.
2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Quos cum vidisset, ait: Castra Dei sunt haec. et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id est, Castra.
3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
Misit autem et nuncios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir, in regionem Edom:
4 He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
praecepitque eis, dicens: Sic loquimini domino meo Esau: Haec dicit frater tuus Iacob: Apud Laban peregrinatus sum, et fui usque in praesentem diem.
5 I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”
Habeo boves, et asinos, et oves, et servos, et ancillas: mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo.
6 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
Reversique sunt nuncii ad Iacob, dicentes: Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies.
Timuit Iacob valde: et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat, greges quoque et oves et boves, et camelos in duas turmas,
8 He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
dicens: Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quae relicta est, salvabitur.
9 Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’
Dixitque Iacob: Deus patris mei Abraham, et Deus patris mei Isaac: Domine qui dixisti mihi: Revertere in terram tuam, et in locum nativitatis tuae, et benefaciam tibi:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis, et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo. In baculo meo transivi Iordanem istum: et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior.
11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.
Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau, quia valde eum timeo: ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.
12 You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because there are so many.’”
Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi, et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quae prae multitudine numerari non potest.
13 He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:
Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa, separavit de his quae habebat, munera Esau fratri suo,
14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti,
15 thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
camelos foetas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti, et pullos earum decem.
16 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges, dixitque pueris suis: Antecedite me, et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem.
17 He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’
Et praecepit priori, dicens: Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau, et interrogaverit te, Cuius es? aut, Quo vadis? aut, Cuius sunt ista quae sequeris?
18 Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”
respondebis: Servi tui Iacob, munera misit domino suo Esau: ipse quoque post nos venit.
19 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
Similiter dedit mandata secundo, et tertio, et cunctis qui sequebantur greges, dicens: Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau, cum inveneritis eum.
20 You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Iacob iter nostrum insequitur: dixit enim: Placabo illum muneribus quae praecedunt, et postea videbo illum, forsitan propitiabitur mihi.
21 So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
Praecesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.
22 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
Cumque mature surrexisset, tulit duas uxores suas, et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis, et transivit vadum Iaboc.
23 He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
Traductisque omnibus quae ad se pertinebant,
24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
mansit solus: et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.
25 When he saw that he did not prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset, tetigit nervum femoris eius, et statim emarcuit.
26 The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Dixitque ad eum: Dimitte me, iam enim ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi.
27 He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.
Ait ergo: Quod nomen est tibi? Respondit: Iacob.
28 He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
At ille, Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti, quanto magis contra homines praevalebis?
29 Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
Interrogavit eum Iacob: Dic mihi, quo appellaris nomine? Respondit: Cur quaeris nomen meum? Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.
30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
Vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuel, dicens: Vidi Dominum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea.
31 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
Ortusque est ei statim sol, postquam transgressus est Phanuel: ipse vero claudicabat pede.
32 Therefore the children of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
Quam ob causam non comedunt nervum filii Israel, qui emarcuit in femore Iacob, usque in praesentem diem: eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris eius, et obstupuerit.
