Génesis 32
1 Jacob siguió su camino, y los ángeles de Dios salieron a su encuentro.
And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
2 Al verlos, Jacob dijo: “Este es el ejército de Dios”. Llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Mahanaim.
And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
3 Jacob envió mensajeros delante de él a Esaú, su hermano, a la tierra de Seir, el campo de Edom.
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
4 Les ordenó diciendo: “Esto es lo que le diréis a mi señor Esaú: ‘Esto es lo que dice tu siervo, Jacob. He vivido como extranjero con Labán, y me he quedado hasta ahora.
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
5 Tengo ganado, asnos, rebaños, siervos y siervas. He enviado a decírselo a mi señor, para que encuentre gracia ante tus ojos”.
And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that your servant might find grace in your sight.
6 Los mensajeros regresaron a Jacob diciendo: “Hemos venido a ver a tu hermano Esaú. Viene a tu encuentro, y cuatrocientos hombres están con él”.
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold! he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
7 Entonces Jacob tuvo mucho miedo y se angustió. Dividió a la gente que estaba con él, junto con los rebaños, las manadas y los camellos, en dos grupos.
And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
8 Dijo: “Si Esaú llega a una de las compañías y la golpea, la compañía que queda escapará”.
And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
9 Jacob dijo: “Dios de mi padre Abraham, y Dios de mi padre Isaac, Yahvé, que me dijo: ‘Vuelve a tu país y a tus parientes, y yo te haré el bien’,
And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you [are] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good.
10 No soy digno de la menor de todas las bondades y de toda la verdad que has mostrado a tu siervo, pues sólo con mi bastón crucé este Jordán, y ahora me he convertido en dos compañías.
Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which you have wrought with your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
11 Por favor, líbrame de la mano de mi hermano, de la mano de Esaú; porque le temo, no sea que venga y me hiera a mí y a las madres con los hijos.
Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and strike me, and the mother upon the children.
12 Dijiste: ‘Ciertamente te haré un bien y haré que tu descendencia sea como la arena del mar, que no se puede contar porque es muy numerosa’”.
But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
13 Aquella noche se quedó allí y tomó de lo que llevaba consigo un regalo para Esaú, su hermano
And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
14 doscientas cabras hembras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,
two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
15 treinta camellos de leche y sus potros, cuarenta vacas, diez toros, veinte asnos hembras y diez potros.
milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
16 Los entregó en manos de sus siervos, cada rebaño por separado, y dijo a sus siervos: “Pasad delante de mí y poned un espacio entre rebaño y rebaño.”
And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
17 Y ordenó a los primeros que dijeran: “Cuando Esaú, mi hermano, se encuentre con vosotros y os pregunte diciendo: “¿De quién sois? ¿Adónde vas? ¿De quién son estos que tienes delante?’
And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet you, and he ask you, saying, Whose are you? and whither would you go, and whose are these possessions advancing before you?
18 Entonces dirás: ‘Son de tu siervo, de Jacob. Es un regalo enviado a mi señor, Esaú. He aquí que él también está detrás de nosotros’”.
You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us.
19 Mandó también al segundo, al tercero y a todos los que seguían a los rebaños, diciendo: “Así hablaréis a Esaú cuando lo encontréis.
And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him;
20 Diréis: “No sólo eso, sino que he aquí que tu siervo Jacob está detrás de nosotros”. Porque, dijo, “Lo apaciguaré con el presente que va delante de mí, y después veré su rostro. Tal vez me acepte”.
and you shall say, Behold your servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for perhaps he will accept me.
21 Así que el presente pasó ante él, y él mismo se quedó aquella noche en el campamento.
So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22 Aquella noche se levantó y tomó a sus dos mujeres, a sus dos siervos y a sus once hijos, y cruzó el vado del Jaboc.
And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch.
23 Los tomó y los hizo pasar por el arroyo, y envió lo que tenía.
And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
24 Jacob se quedó solo, y luchó allí con un hombre hasta el amanecer.
And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
25 Al ver que no prevalecía contra él, el hombre le tocó el hueco del muslo, y el hueco del muslo de Jacob se tensó mientras luchaba.
And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.
26 El hombre dijo: “Déjame ir, porque amanece”. Jacob dijo: “No te dejaré ir si no me bendices”.
And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me.
27 Le dijo: “¿Cuál es tu nombre?” Dijo: “Jacob”.
And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
28 Dijo: “Tu nombre ya no se llamará Jacob, sino Israel, porque has luchado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido.”
And he said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.
29 Jacob le preguntó: “Por favor, dime tu nombre”. Le dijo: “¿Por qué preguntas cuál es mi nombre?”. Y allí lo bendijo.
And Jacob asked and said, Tell me your name; and he said, Therefore do you ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
30 Jacob llamó el nombre del lugar Peniel; porque dijo: “He visto a Dios cara a cara, y mi vida se ha conservado.”
And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, [said he, ]I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.
31 Al pasar por Peniel, el sol se puso sobre él, y cojeó a causa de su muslo.
And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Por eso los hijos de Israel no comen el tendón de la cadera, que está en el hueco del muslo, hasta el día de hoy, porque tocó el hueco del muslo de Jacob en el tendón de la cadera.
Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because [the angel] touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—[even] the sinew which was benumbed.
