Genesis 32
1 Iacob autem abiit in itinere quod coeperat: fueruntque ei obviam Angeli Dei.
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 Quos cum vidisset, ait: Castra Dei sunt haec. et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id est, Castra.
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 Misit autem et nuncios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir, in regionem Edom:
Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
4 praecepitque eis, dicens: Sic loquimini domino meo Esau: Haec dicit frater tuus Iacob: Apud Laban peregrinatus sum, et fui usque in praesentem diem.
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.
5 Habeo boves, et asinos, et oves, et servos, et ancillas: mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo.
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.’”
6 Reversique sunt nuncii ad Iacob, dicentes: Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.
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.”
7 Timuit Iacob valde: et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat, greges quoque et oves et boves, et camelos in duas turmas,
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.
8 dicens: Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quae relicta est, salvabitur.
He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
9 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:
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,’
10 minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis, et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo. In baculo meo transivi Iordanem istum: et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior.
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.
11 Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau, quia valde eum timeo: ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.
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.
12 Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi, et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quae prae multitudine numerari non potest.
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.’”
13 Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa, separavit de his quae habebat, munera Esau fratri suo,
He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:
14 capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti,
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15 camelos foetas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti, et pullos earum decem.
thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
16 Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges, dixitque pueris suis: Antecedite me, et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem.
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.”
17 Et praecepit priori, dicens: Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau, et interrogaverit te, Cuius es? aut, Quo vadis? aut, Cuius sunt ista quae sequeris?
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?’
18 respondebis: Servi tui Iacob, munera misit domino suo Esau: ipse quoque post nos venit.
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.’”
19 Similiter dedit mandata secundo, et tertio, et cunctis qui sequebantur greges, dicens: Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau, cum inveneritis eum.
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.
20 Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Iacob iter nostrum insequitur: dixit enim: Placabo illum muneribus quae praecedunt, et postea videbo illum, forsitan propitiabitur mihi.
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.”
21 Praecesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.
So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
22 Cumque mature surrexisset, tulit duas uxores suas, et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis, et transivit vadum Iaboc.
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.
23 Traductisque omnibus quae ad se pertinebant,
He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
24 mansit solus: et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.
Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
25 Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset, tetigit nervum femoris eius, et statim emarcuit.
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.
26 Dixitque ad eum: Dimitte me, iam enim ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi.
The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 Ait ergo: Quod nomen est tibi? Respondit: Iacob.
He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.
28 At ille, Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti, quanto magis contra homines praevalebis?
He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
29 Interrogavit eum Iacob: Dic mihi, quo appellaris nomine? Respondit: Cur quaeris nomen meum? Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.
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.
30 Vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuel, dicens: Vidi Dominum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea.
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
31 Ortusque est ei statim sol, postquam transgressus est Phanuel: ipse vero claudicabat pede.
The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
32 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.
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.
