Genesis 32
1 And Jacob has gone on his way, and messengers of God come on him;
And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.
2 and Jacob says, when he has seen them, “This [is] the camp of God”; and he calls the name of that place “Two Camps.”
And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sends messengers before him to his brother Esau, toward the land of Seir, the field of Edom,
Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
4 and commands them, saying, “Thus you say to my lord, to Esau, Thus said your servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and I linger until now;
And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
5 and I have ox, and donkey, flock, and manservant, and maidservant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.”
And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
6 And the messengers return to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother, to Esau, and he is also coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him”;
When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
7 and Jacob fears exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divides the people who [are] with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,
Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
8 and says, “If Esau comes to one camp, and has struck it—then the camp which is left has been for an escape.”
And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
9 And Jacob says, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, YHWH who says to me, Return to your land and to your family, and I do good with you:
Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
10 I have been unworthy of all the kind acts and of all the truth which You have done with your servant—for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, lest he come and has struck me—mother beside sons;
Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
12 and You have said, I certainly do good with you, and have set your seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.”
And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
13 And he lodges there during that night, and takes from that which is coming into his hand, a present for his brother Esau:
Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,
14 female goats two hundred, and male goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,
Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
15 suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, female donkeys twenty, and foals ten;
Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
16 and he gives into the hand of his servants every drove by itself, and says to his servants, “Pass over before me, and a space you put between drove and drove.”
These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.
17 And he commands the first, saying, “When my brother Esau meets you, and has asked you, saying, Whose [are] you? And to where do you go? And whose [are] these before you?
And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?
18 Then you have said, Your servant Jacob’s: it [is] a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and behold, he also [is] behind us.”
Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.
19 And he commands also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, “According to this manner do you speak to Esau in your finding him,
And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;
20 and you have also said, Behold, your servant Jacob [is] behind us”; for he said, “I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterward I see his face; it may be he lifts up my face”;
And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.
21 and the present passes over before his face, and he has lodged during that night in the camp.
So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
22 And he rises in that night, and takes his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven children, and passes over the passage of Jabbok;
And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.
23 and he takes them, and causes them to pass over the brook, and he causes that which he has to pass over.
He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
24 And Jacob is left alone, and One wrestles with him until the ascending of the dawn;
Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
25 and He sees that He is not able for him, and He comes against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with Him;
But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.
26 and He says, “Send Me away, for the dawn has ascended”: and he says, “I do not send You away, except You have blessed me.”
And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
27 And He says to him, “What [is] your name?” And he says, “Jacob.”
Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And He says, “Your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel; for you have reigned with God and with men, and prevail.”
And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
29 And Jacob asks and says, “Please declare Your Name”; and He says, “Why [is] this, you ask for My Name?” And He blesses him there.
Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.
30 And Jacob calls the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is delivered”;
And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
31 and the sun rises on him when he has passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;
And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.
32 therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which [is] on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob’s thigh, against the sinew which shrank.
For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.
