Génesis 32
1 También Jacob prosiguió su camino, y unos ángeles de ʼElohim 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 Cuando los vio, Jacob dijo: Este es el campamento de ʼElohim y llamó 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 su hermano Esaú, a la tierra de Seír, al campo de Edom,
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
4 y les ordenó: Así dirán a mi ʼadón Esaú: Tu esclavo Jacob dice así: Viví temporalmente con Labán, con quien me detuve 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 bueyes, asnos y ovejas, esclavos y esclavas, y envío a declararlo a mi ʼadón para hallar 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 volvieron a Jacob y dijeron: Fuimos a tu hermano Esaú, y también él viene a tu encuentro con 400 hombres.
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 Jacob se angustió y tuvo gran temor. Dividió el pueblo, las ovejas, ganado vacuno y los camellos que tenía consigo en dos campamentos,
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 pues se dijo: Si viene Esaú contra un campamento y lo ataca, el otro campamento escapará.
And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
9 Y Jacob dijo: ¡Oh ʼElohim de mi antepasado Abraham [y] de mi padre Isaac! Oh Yavé, que me dijiste: ¡Regresa a tu tierra y a tu parentela y Yo te haré 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 Soy indigno de tus misericordias y de toda la fidelidad que has mostrado a tu esclavo, pues con mi cayado pasé este Jordán y ahora tengo dos campamentos.
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 Líbrame, te ruego, de la mano de mi hermano Esaú, pues temo, que venga y me ataque a la madre 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 Pero Tú mismo dijiste: Ciertamente te haré bien y multiplicaré tu descendencia como la arena del mar, que por ser tanta no se puede contar.
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 Pernoctó allí aquella noche. Tomó un presente de lo que le vino a mano para su hermano Esaú:
And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
14 200 cabras y 20 machos cabríos, 200 ovejas y 20 carneros,
two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
15 30 camellas que amamantaban, con sus crías, 40 novillas y diez novillos, 20 asnas y diez pollinos.
milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
16 Los entregó en mano de sus esclavos, cada manada por separado. Y dijo a sus esclavos: Pasen adelante de mí y dejen espacio entre manada y manada.
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 le ordenó al primero: Cuando mi hermano Esaú te encuentre y te pregunte: ¿De quién eres, y a dónde vas, y para quién es esto que llevas delante de ti?
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 le dirás: Es un presente de tu esclavo Jacob, enviado para mi ʼadón Esaú. Y por cierto, él también viene tras nosotros.
You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us.
19 Ordenó también al segundo, al tercero y a todos los que iban tras aquellas manadas: La misma cosa le dirán a Esaú cuando lo encuentren.
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 Y además le dirán: Mira, tu esclavo Jacob viene tras nosotros. Porque pensaba: Apaciguaré su ira con el presente que va delante de mí. Luego veré su rostro, y tal vez él 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 Pasó, pues, el presente delante de él, y aquella noche pernoctó en el campamento.
So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22 Aquella misma noche se levantó, tomó a sus dos esposas, a sus dos esclavas y a sus 11 hijos, y atravesó el vado de 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, les ordenó pasar el arroyo y luego ordenó pasar todo lo que tenía.
And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
24 Jacob se quedó solo, y un Varón luchó con él hasta rayar el alba.
And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
25 Pero viendo que no podía con él, le atacó el encaje de su muslo, y se le descoyuntó el muslo a Jacob mientras luchaba con Él.
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 Entonces el Varón dijo: Déjame, por que raya el alba. Y Jacob dijo: No te dejaré, 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 preguntó: ¿Cuál es tu nombre? Y él respondió: Jacob.
And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
28 Y dijo: Ya no será tu nombre Jacob, sino Israel, porque luchaste con ʼElohim y con los hombres, y venciste.
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 Entonces Jacob le dijo: Te ruego que me declares tu Nombre. Y Él respondió: ¿Por qué preguntas por mi Nombre? Y lo bendijo allí.
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 aquel lugar Peni-ʼEl, porque dijo: Vi a ʼElohim cara a cara, y aun así fue librada mi vida.
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 Cuando pasó Peni-ʼEl, salió el sol, y cojeaba por 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 hasta hoy los hijos de Israel no comen del tendón de la cadera que está sobre la coyuntura del muslo, porque Él tocó la coyuntura 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.
