Génesis 32
1 Prosiguió Jacob su camino y le salieron al encuentro ángeles de Dios.
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 Al verlos, dijo Jacob: “Este es el campamento de Dios”; y llamó a aquel lugar Mahanaim.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 Luego envió Jacob mensajeros delante de sí a su hermano Esaú, al país de Seír, a las campiñas de Edom,
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 y les dio esta orden: “Así diréis a mi señor Esaú: Esto dice tu siervo Jacob: He estado con Labán donde me detuve como huésped hasta hoy.
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob says thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 Tengo bueyes, asnos, ovejas, siervos y siervas; y ahora envío mensaje a mi señor, para hallar gracia a tus ojos.”
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 your sight.
6 Los mensajeros volvieron a Jacob, diciendo: “Hemos ido a tu hermano Esaú, y él viene a tu encuentro con cuatrocientos hombres.”
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
7 Se atemorizó entonces Jacob en gran manera, y lleno de angustia dividió la gente que tenía, incluso las ovejas, el ganado mayor y los camellos, en dos campamentos;
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 pues se decía: “Si viene Esaú a uno de los dos campamentos y lo destroza, se salvará el campamento restante.”
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 Y oró Jacob: “Oh Dios de mi padre Abrahán y Dios de mi padre Isaac, Yahvé, que me dijiste: Vuelve a tu tierra y al país de tu nacimiento, que Yo te haré bien,
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which said to me, Return to your country, and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you:
10 ¡qué poco merecía yo todas las mercedes y toda la fidelidad de que has hecho objeto a tu siervo! Pues con solo mi cayado pasé este Jordán, y ahora he venido a formar dos campamentos.
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 Líbrame, te ruego, de la mano de mi hermano, de la mano de Esaú; porque le temo, no sea que venga y me destruya a mí y a las madres con los hijos.
Deliver me, I pray you, 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 Tú mismo dijiste: Yo te colmaré de bienes y haré tu descendencia como las arenas del mar, que a causa de su muchedumbre no pueden contarse.”
And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 Habiendo pasado allí aquella noche, tomó Jacob de lo que tenía a mano para hacer un presente a Esaú, su hermano:
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 doscientas cabras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 treinta camellas criando con sus crías, cuarenta vacas y diez toros, veinte asnas y diez pollinos.
Thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 Los entregó a sus siervos, cada rebaño aparte, y dijo a sus siervos: “Id delante de mí, dejando un espacio entre rebaño y rebaño.”
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
17 Y dio al primero esta orden: “Cuando te encontrare Esaú, mi hermano, y te preguntare: ¿De quién eres, y adónde vas, y de quién es lo (que marcha) delante de ti?,
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where go you? and whose are these before you?
18 dirás: De tu siervo Jacob; es un presente, enviado a mi señor Esaú; y he aquí que él mismo viene detrás de nosotros.”
Then you shall say, They be your servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 Y también al segundo, como asimismo al tercero, y a todos los que iban tras los rebaños, mandó: “En estos términos hablaréis a Esaú cuando lo encontrareis.”
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall you speak to Esau, when you find him.
20 Y diréis también: “He aquí, tu siervo Jacob viene detrás de nosotros.” Porque se decía: Aplacaré su ira con el presente que va delante de mí; después veré su rostro; quizá me sea propicio.
And say you moreover, 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; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 Pasó, pues el presente delante de él; mas él se quedó aquella noche en el campamento.
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 Aquella noche se levantó Jacob, tomó a sus dos mujeres, a sus dos siervas y a sus once hijos, para pasar el vado del Yaboc.
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 Los tomó, y los hizo pasar el río, e hizo pasar también todo lo que tenía.
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 Así se quedó Jacob solo, y luchó con él un hombre hasta rayar el alba.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 Pero viendo que no le podía, le tocó en la articulación del muslo de Jacob mientras luchaba con él.
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 Por lo cual dijo: “Déjame que ya raya el alba.” Mas (Jacob) contestó: “No te dejaré ir si no me bendices.”
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me.
27 Le preguntó él: “¿Cuál es tu nombre?”, y respondió: “Jacob.”
And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
28 Le dijo entonces: “En adelante no te llamarás más Jacob, sino Israel; porque has luchado con Dios y con hombres, y has prevalecido.”
And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
29 Preguntole Jacob, diciendo: “Dime, por favor, tu nombre.” Mas él contestó: “¿Por qué preguntas mi nombre?” Y le bendijo allí.
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 Jacob dio a aquel lugar el nombre de Fanuel, porque (dijo): “He visto a Dios cara a cara, y ha quedado a salvo mi vida.”
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 Apenas había pasado de Fanuel cuando salió el sol; e iba cojeando del muslo.
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he halted on his thigh.
32 Por tanto, los hijos de Israel no comen, hasta el día de hoy, el nervio ciático, que está en la articulación del muslo, por haber sido tocada la articulación del muslo de Jacob en el nervio ciático.
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
