Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
E foi também Jacob o seu caminho, e encontraram-no os anjos de Deus.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
E Jacob disse, quando os viu: Este é o exército de Deus. E chamou o nome daquele lugar Mahanaim.
3 Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived.
E enviou Jacob mensageiros diante da sua face a Esaú seu irmão, à terra de Seir, território de Edom.
4 He told them, “This is what I want you to say to Esau: 'I, Jacob, want to be your servant and I want you to be my master. I have been living with our uncle Laban, and I have stayed there until now.
E ordenou-lhes, dizendo: Assim direis a meu senhor Esaú: Assim diz Jacob, teu servo: Como peregrino morei com Labão, e me detive lá até agora;
5 I now own many cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and male and female slaves. Now I am sending this message to you, sir, hoping that you will (be friendly toward me/treat me kindly) when I arrive.’ “
E tenho bois e jumentos, ovelhas, e servos e servas; e enviei para o anunciar a meu senhor, para que ache graça em teus olhos.
6 The messengers went and gave that message to Esau. When they returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your older brother Esau. Now he is coming to you, and 400 men are coming with him.”
E os mensageiros tornaram a Jacob, dizendo: Viemos a teu irmão Esaú; e também ele vem a encontrar-te, e quatrocentos varões com ele.
7 Jacob was very afraid and worried. So he divided the people who were with him into two groups. He also divided the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels, into two groups.
Então Jacob temeu muito, e angustiou-se; e repartiu o povo que com ele estava, e as ovelhas, e as vacas, e os camelos, em dois bandos.
8 He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.”
Porque dizia: Se Esaú vier a um bando, e o ferir, o outro bando escapará.
9 Then Jacob prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will (cause good things happen to/do good things for) you.’
Disse mais Jacob: Deus de meu pai Abraão, e Deus de meu pai Isaac, o Senhor, que me disseste: Torna-te à tua terra, e à tua parentela, e far-te-ei bem;
10 I am not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan [River on my way to Haran], but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions.
Menor sou eu que todas as beneficências, e que toda a fidelidade que fizeste ao teu servo; porque com meu cajado passei este Jordão, e agora me tornei em dois bandos;
11 So now I pray that you will rescue me from [MTY] my [older] brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers.
Livra-me, peço-te, da mão de meu irmão, da mão de Esaú: porque o temo, que porventura não venha, e me fira, e a mãe com os filhos
12 But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.’”
E tu o disseste: Certamente te farei bem, e farei a tua semente como a areia do mar, que pela multidão não se pode contar.
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
E passou ali aquela noite; e tomou do que lhe veio à sua mão, um presente para seu irmão Esaú:
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
Duzentas cabras, e vinte bodes; duzentas ovelhas, e vinte carneiros;
15 30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
Trinta camelas de leite com suas crias, quarenta vacas, e dez novilhos; vinte jumentas, e dez jumentinhos;
16 He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.”
E deu-o na mão dos seus servos, cada rebanho à parte, e disse a seus servos: passai adiante da minha face, e ponde espaço entre rebanho e rebanho.
17 He said to the servant who was going with the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’
E ordenou ao primeiro, dizendo: Quando Esaú, meu irmão, te encontrar, e te perguntar, dizendo: De quem és, e para onde vais, e cujos são estes diante da tua face,
18 tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.’”
Então dirás: São de teu servo Jacob, presente que envia a meu senhor, a Esaú; e eis que ele mesmo vem também atráz de nós
19 He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, “When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant.
E ordenou também ao segundo, e ao terceiro, e a todos os que vinham atráz dos rebanhos, dizendo: Conforme a esta mesma palavra, falareis a Esaú, quando o achardes.
20 And be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to (act peacefully toward/stop being angry with) me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.”
E direis também: Eis que o teu servo Jacob vem atráz de nós. Porque dizia: Eu o aplacarei com o presente, que vai diante de mim, e depois verei a sua face; porventura aceitará a minha face.
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
Assim passou o presente diante da sua face; ele porém passou aquela noite no arraial.
22 Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River.
E levantou-se aquela mesma noite, e tomou as suas duas mulheres, e as suas duas servas, e os seus onze filhos, e passou o vau de Jabbok.
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
E tomou-os, e fê-los passar o ribeiro; e fez passar tudo o que tinha.
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Jacob porém ficou só; e lutou com ele um varão, até que a alva subia.
25 When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket.
E vendo que não prevalecia contra ele, tocou a juntura de sua coxa, e se deslocou a juntura da coxa de Jacob, lutando com ele.
26 Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” [Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with]. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!”
E disse: Deixa-me ir, porque já a alva subiu. Porém ele disse: Não te deixarei ir, se me não abençoares.
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
E disse-lhe: Qual é o teu nome? E ele disse: Jacob.
28 The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, [which means ‘he struggles with God’, ] because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
Então disse: Não se chamará mais o teu nome Jacob, mas Israel: pois como príncipe lutaste com Deus, e com os homens, e prevaleceste.
29 Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “(Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!)” [RHQ] But he blessed Jacob there.
E Jacob lhe perguntou, e disse: Dá-me, peço-te, a saber o teu nome. E disse: Porque perguntas pelo meu nome? E abençoou-o ali.
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, [which means ‘God’s face’, ] saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.”
E chamou Jacob o nome daquele lugar Peniel, porque dizia: Tenho visto a Deus face a face, e a minha alma foi salva.
31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
E saiu-lhe o sol, quando passou a Penuel; e manquejava da sua coxa.
32 The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.
Por isso os filhos de Israel não comem o nervo encolhido, que está sobre a juntura da coxa, até o dia de hoje; porquanto tocara a juntura da coxa de Jacob no nervo encolhido.
