Génesis 32
1 También Jacob prosiguió su camino, y unos ángeles de ʼElohim salieron a su encuentro.
Jacob [Supplanter] went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 Cuando los vio, Jacob dijo: Este es el campamento de ʼElohim y llamó aquel lugar Mahanaim.
When he saw them, Jacob [Supplanter] said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim [Two camps].
3 Jacob envió mensajeros delante de él a su hermano Esaú, a la tierra de Seír, al campo de Edom,
Jacob [Supplanter] sent messengers in front of him to Esau [Hairy], his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom [Red].
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.
He enjoined them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau [Hairy]: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob [Supplanter], says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban [White], and stayed until now.
5 Tengo bueyes, asnos y ovejas, esclavos y esclavas, y envío a declararlo a mi ʼadón para hallar gracia ante tus ojos.
I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find chen ·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.
The messengers returned to Jacob [Supplanter], saying, “We came to your brother Esau [Hairy]. Not only that, but 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,
Then Jacob [Supplanter] was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
8 pues se dijo: Si viene Esaú contra un campamento y lo ataca, el otro campamento escapará.
and he said, “If Esau [Hairy] comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
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!
Jacob [Supplanter] said, “God of my father Abraham [Father of a multitude], and God of my father Isaac [Laughter], Adonai, who said to me, ‘Teshuvah ·Completely return· to your country, and to your relatives, 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.
I am not worthy of the least of all the chesed ·loving-kindnesses·, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan [Descender]; and now I have become two companies.
11 Líbrame, te ruego, de la mano de mi hermano Esaú, pues temo, que venga y me ataque a la madre con los hijos.
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau [Hairy]: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with 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.
You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”
13 Pernoctó allí aquella noche. Tomó un presente de lo que le vino a mano para su hermano Esaú:
He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau [Hairy], his brother:
14 200 cabras y 20 machos cabríos, 200 ovejas y 20 carneros,
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15 30 camellas que amamantaban, con sus crías, 40 novillas y diez novillos, 20 asnas y diez pollinos.
thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
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.
He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
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?
He enjoined the foremost, saying, “When Esau [Hairy], my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these 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.
Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob [Supplanter]’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau [Hairy]. Behold, he also 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.
He enjoined also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau [Hairy], 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.
You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob [Supplanter], is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
21 Pasó, pues, el presente delante de él, y aquella noche pernoctó en el campamento.
So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed 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.
He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
23 Los tomó, les ordenó pasar el arroyo y luego ordenó pasar todo lo que tenía.
He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
24 Jacob se quedó solo, y un Varón luchó con él hasta rayar el alba.
Jacob [Supplanter] was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
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.
When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob [Supplanter]’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled.
26 Entonces el Varón dijo: Déjame, por que raya el alba. Y Jacob dijo: No te dejaré, si no me bendices.
The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob [Supplanter] said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”
27 Le preguntó: ¿Cuál es tu nombre? Y él respondió: Jacob.
He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob [Supplanter]”.
28 Y dijo: Ya no será tu nombre Jacob, sino Israel, porque luchaste con ʼElohim y con los hombres, y venciste.
He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob [Supplanter], but Israel [Wrestles with God / God prevails]; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
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.
Jacob [Supplanter] asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” 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.
Jacob [Supplanter] called the name of the place Peniel [Face of God]: for, he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
31 Cuando pasó Peni-ʼEl, salió el sol, y cojeaba por causa de su muslo.
The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel [Face of God], and he limped because of 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 [God prevails] don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob [Supplanter]’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
