Genesis 32
1 Iacob quoque abiit itinere quo coeperat fueruntque ei obviam angeli Dei
But Iacob went forth on his iourney. And the angells of God came and mett him.
2 quos cum vidisset ait castra Dei sunt haec et appellavit nomen loci illius Manaim id est Castra
And when Iacob sawe them he sayde: this is godes hoost: and called the name of that same place Mahanaim.
3 misit autem et nuntios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir regionis Edom
Iacob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the lande of Seir and the felde 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 comaunded them saynge: se that ye speake after this maner to my lorde Esau: thy seruaunte Iacob sayth thus. I haue sogerned ad bene a straunger with Laban vnto this tyme:
5 habeo boves et asinos oves et servos atque ancillas mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo
and haue gotten oxen asses and shepe menservauntes and wemanseruauntes and haue sent to shewe it mi lorde that I may fynde grace in thy syghte.
6 reversi sunt nuntii ad Iacob dicentes venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum et ecce properat in occursum tibi cum quadringentis viris
And the messengers came agayne to Iacob sainge: we came vnto thi brother Esau and he cometh ageynst the and. iiij. hundred men with hi.
7 timuit Iacob valde et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat greges quoque et oves et boves et camelos in duas turmas
Than was Iacob greatlye afrayde and wist not which waye to turne him selfe and devyded the people that was with him and the shepe oxen and camels in to. ij. companies
8 dicens si venerit Esau ad unam turmam et percusserit eam alia turma quae reliqua est salvabitur
and sayde: Yf Esau come to the one parte and smyte it the other may saue it selfe.
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 Iacob sayde: O god of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac: LORde which saydest vnto me returne vnto thy cuntre and to thy kynrede and I will deall wel with the.
10 minor sum cunctis miserationibus et veritate quam explesti servo tuo in baculo meo transivi Iordanem istum et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior
I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercyes and treuth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunte. For with my staf came I over this Iordane and now haue Igoten. ij. droves
11 erue me de manu fratris mei de manu Esau quia valde eum timeo ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis
Delyver me from the handes of my brother Esau for I feare him: lest he will come and smyte the mother with the childeru.
12 tu locutus es quod bene mihi faceres et dilatares semen meum sicut harenam maris quae prae multitudine numerari non potest
Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make mi seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude.
13 cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa separavit de his quae habebat munera Esau fratri suo
And he taried there that same nyghte and toke of that which came to hande a preasent vnto Esau his brother:
14 capras ducentas hircos viginti oves ducentas arietes viginti
ij hundred she gootes ad xx he gootes: ij hundred shepe and xx rammes:
15 camelos fetas cum pullis suis triginta vaccas quadraginta et tauros viginti asinas viginti et pullos earum decem
thyrtye mylch camels with their coltes: xl kyne ad x bulles: xx she asses ad foles
16 et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges dixitque pueris suis antecedite me et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem
and delyuered them vnto his seruauntes euery drooue by them selues ad sayde vnto them: goo forth before me and put a space betwyxte euery drooue.
17 et praecepit priori dicens si obvium habueris Esau fratrem meum et interrogaverit te cuius es et quo vadis et cuius sunt ista quae sequeris
And he comaunded the formest sayngeWhe Esau my brother meteth the ad axeth the saynge: whose seruaute art thou and whither goost thou and whose ar these that goo before ye:
18 respondebis servi tui Iacob munera misit domino meo Esau ipse quoque post nos venit
thou shalt say they be thy seruaunte Iacobs and are a present sent vnto my lorde Esau and beholde he him selfe cometh after vs.
19 similiter mandata dedit secundo ac tertio et cunctis qui sequebantur greges dicens hisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau cum inveneritis eum
And so comaunded he the seconde ad euen so the thirde and lykewyse all that folowed the drooues sainge of this maner se that ye speake vnto Esau whe ye mete him
20 et addetis ipse quoque servus tuus Iacob iter nostrum insequitur dixit enim placabo illum muneribus quae praecedunt et postea videbo forsitan propitiabitur mihi
ad saye more ouer. Beholde thy seruaunte Iacob cometh after vs for he sayde. I will pease his wrath with the present yt goth before me and afterward I will see him myself so peradventure he will receaue me to grace.
21 praecesserunt itaque munera ante eum ipse vero mansit nocte illa in Castris
So went the preset before him ad he taried all that nyghte in the tente
22 cumque mature surrexisset tulit duas uxores suas et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis et transivit vadum Iaboc
ad rose vp the same nyghte ad toke his. ij. wyves and his. ij. maydens and his. xi. sonnes and went ouer the foorde Iabok.
23 transductisque omnibus quae ad se pertinebant
And he toke them ad sent the ouer the ryuer ad sent ouer that he had
24 remansit solus et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane
ad taried behinde him selfe alone. And there wrastled a man with him vnto the breakynge of the daye.
25 qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset tetigit nervum femoris eius et statim emarcuit
And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him he smote hi vnder the thye and the senowe of Iacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with him.
26 dixitque ad eum dimitte me iam enim ascendit aurora respondit non dimittam te nisi benedixeris mihi
And he sayde: let me goo for the daye breaketh. And he sayde: I will not lett the goo excepte thou blesse me.
27 ait ergo quod nomen est tibi respondit Iacob
And he sayde vnto him: what is thy name? He answered: Iacob.
28 at ille nequaquam inquit Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum sed Israhel quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti quanto magis contra homines praevalebis
And he sayde: thou shalt be called Iacob nomore but Israell. For thou hast wrastled with God and with men ad hast preuayled.
29 interrogavit eum Iacob dic mihi quo appellaris nomine respondit cur quaeris nomen meum et benedixit ei in eodem loco
And Iacob asked him sainge tell me thi name. And he sayde wherfore dost thou aske after my name? and he blessed him there.
30 vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuhel dicens vidi Deum facie ad faciem et salva facta est anima mea
And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face and yet is my lyfe reserved.
31 ortusque est ei statim sol postquam transgressus est Phanuhel ipse vero claudicabat pede
And as he went ouer Peniel the sonne rose vpon him and he halted vpon his thye:
32 quam ob causam non comedunt filii Israhel nervum qui emarcuit in femore Iacob usque in praesentem diem eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris eius et obstipuerit
wherfore the childern of Israell eate not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye vnto this daye: because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that shroncke.
