Genesis 32
1 And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
Prosiguió Jacob su camino y le salieron al encuentro ángeles de Dios.
2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
Al verlos, dijo Jacob: “Este es el campamento de Dios”; y llamó a aquel lugar Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
Luego envió Jacob mensajeros delante de sí a su hermano Esaú, al país de Seír, a las campiñas de Edom,
4 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
y les dio esta orden: “Así diréis a mi señor Esaú: Esto dice tu siervo Jacob: He estado con Labán donde me detuve como huésped hasta hoy.
5 And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that your servant might find grace in your sight.
Tengo bueyes, asnos, ovejas, siervos y siervas; y ahora envío mensaje a mi señor, para hallar gracia a tus ojos.”
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold! he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
Los mensajeros volvieron a Jacob, diciendo: “Hemos ido a tu hermano Esaú, y él viene a tu encuentro con cuatrocientos hombres.”
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.
Se atemorizó entonces Jacob en gran manera, y lleno de angustia dividió la gente que tenía, incluso las ovejas, el ganado mayor y los camellos, en dos campamentos;
8 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
pues se decía: “Si viene Esaú a uno de los dos campamentos y lo destroza, se salvará el campamento restante.”
9 And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you [are] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good.
Y oró Jacob: “Oh Dios de mi padre Abrahán y Dios de mi padre Isaac, Yahvé, que me dijiste: Vuelve a tu tierra y al país de tu nacimiento, que Yo te haré bien,
10 Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which you have wrought with your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
¡qué poco merecía yo todas las mercedes y toda la fidelidad de que has hecho objeto a tu siervo! Pues con solo mi cayado pasé este Jordán, y ahora he venido a formar dos campamentos.
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 strike me, and the mother upon the children.
Líbrame, te ruego, de la mano de mi hermano, de la mano de Esaú; porque le temo, no sea que venga y me destruya a mí y a las madres con los hijos.
12 But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
Tú mismo dijiste: Yo te colmaré de bienes y haré tu descendencia como las arenas del mar, que a causa de su muchedumbre no pueden contarse.”
13 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
Habiendo pasado allí aquella noche, tomó Jacob de lo que tenía a mano para hacer un presente a Esaú, su hermano:
14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
doscientas cabras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,
15 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
treinta camellas criando con sus crías, cuarenta vacas y diez toros, veinte asnas y diez pollinos.
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.
Los entregó a sus siervos, cada rebaño aparte, y dijo a sus siervos: “Id delante de mí, dejando un espacio entre rebaño y rebaño.”
17 And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet you, and he ask you, saying, Whose are you? and whither would you go, and whose are these possessions advancing before you?
Y dio al primero esta orden: “Cuando te encontrare Esaú, mi hermano, y te preguntare: ¿De quién eres, y adónde vas, y de quién es lo (que marcha) delante de ti?,
18 You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us.
dirás: De tu siervo Jacob; es un presente, enviado a mi señor Esaú; y he aquí que él mismo viene detrás de nosotros.”
19 And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him;
Y también al segundo, como asimismo al tercero, y a todos los que iban tras los rebaños, mandó: “En estos términos hablaréis a Esaú cuando lo encontrareis.”
20 and you shall say, Behold your 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 perhaps he will accept me.
Y diréis también: “He aquí, tu siervo Jacob viene detrás de nosotros.” Porque se decía: Aplacaré su ira con el presente que va delante de mí; después veré su rostro; quizá me sea propicio.
21 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
Pasó, pues el presente delante de él; mas él se quedó aquella noche en el campamento.
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.
Aquella noche se levantó Jacob, tomó a sus dos mujeres, a sus dos siervas y a sus once hijos, para pasar el vado del Yaboc.
23 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
Los tomó, y los hizo pasar el río, e hizo pasar también todo lo que tenía.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
Así se quedó Jacob solo, y luchó con él un hombre hasta rayar el alba.
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.
Pero viendo que no le podía, le tocó en la articulación del muslo de Jacob mientras luchaba con él.
26 And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me.
Por lo cual dijo: “Déjame que ya raya el alba.” Mas (Jacob) contestó: “No te dejaré ir si no me bendices.”
27 And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
Le preguntó él: “¿Cuál es tu nombre?”, y respondió: “Jacob.”
28 And he said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.
Le dijo entonces: “En adelante no te llamarás más Jacob, sino Israel; porque has luchado con Dios y con hombres, y has prevalecido.”
29 And Jacob asked and said, Tell me your name; and he said, Therefore do you ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
Preguntole Jacob, diciendo: “Dime, por favor, tu nombre.” Mas él contestó: “¿Por qué preguntas mi nombre?” Y le bendijo allí.
30 And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, [said he, ]I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.
Jacob dio a aquel lugar el nombre de Fanuel, porque (dijo): “He visto a Dios cara a cara, y ha quedado a salvo mi vida.”
31 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
Apenas había pasado de Fanuel cuando salió el sol; e iba cojeando del muslo.
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 angel] touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—[even] the sinew which was benumbed.
Por tanto, los hijos de Israel no comen, hasta el día de hoy, el nervio ciático, que está en la articulación del muslo, por haber sido tocada la articulación del muslo de Jacob en el nervio ciático.
