Génesis 32
1 Jacob siguió su camino, y los ángeles de Dios salieron a su encuentro.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 Al verlos, Jacob dijo: “Este es el ejército de Dios”. Llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Mahanaim.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 Jacob envió mensajeros delante de él a Esaú, su hermano, a la tierra de Seir, el campo de Edom.
Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived.
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.
He told them, “This is what I want you to say to Esau: 'I, Jacob, want to be your servant and I want you to be my master. I have been living with our uncle Laban, and I have stayed there until now.
5 Tengo ganado, asnos, rebaños, siervos y siervas. He enviado a decírselo a mi señor, para que encuentre gracia ante tus ojos”.
I now own many cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and male and female slaves. Now I am sending this message to you, sir, hoping that you will (be friendly toward me/treat me kindly) when I arrive.’ “
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”.
The messengers went and gave that message to Esau. When they returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your older brother Esau. Now he is coming to you, and 400 men are coming 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.
Jacob was very afraid and worried. So he divided the people who were with him into two groups. He also divided the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels, into two groups.
8 Dijo: “Si Esaú llega a una de las compañías y la golpea, la compañía que queda escapará”.
He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.”
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’,
Then Jacob prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will (cause good things happen to/do good things for) you.’
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.
I am not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan [River on my way to Haran], but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions.
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.
So now I pray that you will rescue me from [MTY] my [older] brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers.
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 do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.’”
13 Aquella noche se quedó allí y tomó de lo que llevaba consigo un regalo para Esaú, su hermano
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 doscientas cabras hembras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 treinta camellos de leche y sus potros, cuarenta vacas, diez toros, veinte asnos hembras y diez potros.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
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.”
He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.”
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?’
He said to the servant who was going with the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’
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’”.
tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming 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.
He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, “When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant.
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 be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to (act peacefully toward/stop being angry with) me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.”
21 Así que el presente pasó ante él, y él mismo se quedó aquella noche en el campamento.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
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.
Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River.
23 Los tomó y los hizo pasar por el arroyo, y envió lo que tenía.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Jacob se quedó solo, y luchó allí con un hombre hasta el amanecer.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
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.
When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket.
26 El hombre dijo: “Déjame ir, porque amanece”. Jacob dijo: “No te dejaré ir si no me bendices”.
Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” [Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with]. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!”
27 Le dijo: “¿Cuál es tu nombre?” Dijo: “Jacob”.
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 Dijo: “Tu nombre ya no se llamará Jacob, sino Israel, porque has luchado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido.”
The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, [which means ‘he struggles with God’, ] because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
29 Jacob le preguntó: “Por favor, dime tu nombre”. Le dijo: “¿Por qué preguntas cuál es mi nombre?”. Y allí lo bendijo.
Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “(Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!)” [RHQ] But he blessed Jacob there.
30 Jacob llamó el nombre del lugar Peniel; porque dijo: “He visto a Dios cara a cara, y mi vida se ha conservado.”
So Jacob named the place Peniel, [which means ‘God’s face’, ] saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.”
31 Al pasar por Peniel, el sol se puso sobre él, y cojeó a causa de su muslo.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
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.
The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.
