< Genesis 32 >

1 Nowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.
Iacob quoque abiit itinere quo cœperat: fueruntque ei obviam Angeli Dei.
2 And when Iaakob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim.
Quos cum vidisset, ait: Castra Dei sunt hæc. Et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id est, Castra.
3 Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:
Misit autem et nuncios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir, in regionem Edom:
4 To whom he gaue commandement, saying, Thus shall ye speake to my lorde Esau: thy seruant Iaakob sayeth thus, I haue bene a stranger with Laban, and taried vnto this time.
præcepitque eis, dicens: Sic loquimini domino meo Esau: Hæc dicit frater tuus Iacob: Apud Laban peregrinatus sum, et fui usque in præsentem diem.
5 I haue beeues also and Asses, sheepe, and men seruantes, and women seruantes, and haue sent to shew my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Habeo boves, et asinos, et oves, et servos, et ancillas: mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo.
6 So ye messengers came againe to Iaakob, saying, We came vnto thy brother Esau, and hee also commeth against thee and foure hundreth men with him.
Reversique sunt nuncii ad Iacob, dicentes: Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.
7 Then Iaakob was greatly afraid, and was sore troubled, and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and the beeues, 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 For he said, If Esau come to ye one company and smite it, the other companie shall escape.
dicens: Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quæ relicta est, salvabitur.
9 Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,
Dixitque Iacob: Deus patris mei Abraham, et Deus patris mei Isaac: Domine qui dixisti mihi: Revertere in terram tuam, et in locum nativitatis tuæ, et benefaciam tibi:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and al the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iorden, and now haue I gotte two bads.
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 I pray thee, Deliuer me from the hande of my brother, from the hande of Esau: for I feare him, least he will come and smite me, and the mother vpon the children.
Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau, quia valde eum timeo: ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.
12 For thou saydest; I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, which can not be nombred for multitude.
Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi, et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quæ præ multitudine numerari non potest.
13 And he taryed there the same night, and tooke of that which came to had, a present for Esau his brother:
Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa, separavit de his quæ habebat, munera Esau fratri suo,
14 Two hundreth shee goates and twenty hee goates, two hundreth ewes and twentie rammes:
capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti,
15 Thirtie mylche camels with their coltes, fourtie kine, and ten bullockes, twentie she asses and ten foles.
camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti, et pullos earum decem.
16 So he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, and put a space betweene droue and droue.
Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges, dixitque pueris suis: Antecedite me, et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem.
17 And he commanded the formost, saying, If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, Whose seruant art thou? And whither goest thou? And whose are these before thee?
Et præcepit priori, dicens: Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau, et interrogaverit te, Cuius es? aut, Quo vadis? aut, Cuius sunt ista quæ sequeris?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iaakobs: it is a present sent vnto my lord Esau: and beholde, he him selfe also is behinde vs.
respondebis: Servi tui Iacob, munera misit domino meo Esau: ipse quoque post nos venit.
19 So likewise commanded he the seconde and the thirde, and all that followed the droues, saying, After this maner, ye shall speake vnto Esau, when ye finde him.
Similiter dedit mandata secundo, et tertio, et cunctis qui sequebantur greges, dicens: Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau, cum inveneritis eum.
20 And ye shall say moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iaakob commeth after vs (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterwarde I will see his face: it may be that he will accept me.)
Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Iacob iter nostrum insequitur: dixit enim: Placabo illum muneribus quæ præcedunt, et postea videbo illum, forsitan propitiabitur mihi.
21 So went the present before him: but he taried that night with the companie.
Præcesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.
22 And he rose vp the same night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleuen children, and went ouer the forde Iabbok.
Cumque mature surrexisset, tulit duas uxores suas, et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis, et transivit vadum Iaboc.
23 And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the riuer, and sent ouer that he had.
Traductisque omnibus quæ ad se pertinebant,
24 Now when Iaakob was left him selfe alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.
mansit solus: et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.
25 And he sawe that he could not preuaile against him: therefore he touched the holowe of his thigh, and the holowe of Iaakobs thigh was loosed, as he wrestled with him.
Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset, tetigit nervum femoris eius, et statim emarcuit.
26 And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me.
Dixitque ad eum: Dimitte me, iam enim ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi.
27 Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob.
Ait ergo: Quod nomen est tibi? Respondit: Iacob.
28 Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
At ille, Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti, quanto magis contra homines prævalebis?
29 Then Iaakob demaded, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore now doest thou aske my name? and he blessed him there
Interrogavit eum Iacob: Dic mihi, quo appellaris nomine? Respondit: Cur quæris nomen meum? Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.
30 And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.
Vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuel, dicens: Vidi Deum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea.
31 And the sunne rose vp to him as he passed Peniel, and he halted vpon his thigh.
Ortusque est ei statim sol, postquam transgressus est Phanuel: ipse vero claudicabat pede.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe that shranke in the hollowe of the thigh, vnto this day: because he touched the sinew that shranke in the holow of Iaakobs thigh.
Quam ob causam non comedunt nervum filii Israel, qui emarcuit in femore Iacob, usque in præsentem diem: eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris eius, et obstupuerit.

< Genesis 32 >