Genesis 32
1 Iacob autem abiit in itinere quod coeperat: fueruntque ei obviam Angeli Dei.
And 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.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God’s host: and 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:
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country 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.
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there 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.
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 Reversique sunt nuncii ad Iacob, dicentes: Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men 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 distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 dicens: Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quae relicta est, salvabitur.
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall 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:
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
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 mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau, quia valde eum timeo: ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
12 Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi, et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quae prae multitudine numerari non potest.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa, separavit de his quae habebat, munera Esau fratri suo,
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti,
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he 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 milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, 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.
And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
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?
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
18 respondebis: Servi tui Iacob, munera misit domino suo Esau: ipse quoque post nos venit.
Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob’s; it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us.
19 Similiter dedit mandata secundo, et tertio, et cunctis qui sequebantur greges, dicens: Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau, cum inveneritis eum.
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye 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.
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 Praecesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 Cumque mature surrexisset, tulit duas uxores suas, et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis, et transivit vadum Iaboc.
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 Traductisque omnibus quae ad se pertinebant,
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 mansit solus: et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset, tetigit nervum femoris eius, et statim emarcuit.
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 Dixitque ad eum: Dimitte me, iam enim ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 Ait ergo: Quod nomen est tibi? Respondit: Iacob.
And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And 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?
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 Interrogavit eum Iacob: Dic mihi, quo appellaris nomine? Respondit: Cur quaeris nomen meum? Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.
And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 Vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuel, dicens: Vidi Dominum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for 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.
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon 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 eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
