Génesis 32
1 Y Jacob se fue su camino, y saliéronle al encuentro ángeles de Dios.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 Y dijo Jacob, cuando los vio: El campo de Dios es este: y 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 Y envió Jacob mensajeros delante de sí a Esaú su hermano a la tierra de Seir, 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 Y mandóles, diciendo: Direis así a mi señor Esaú: Así dice tu siervo Jacob: Con Labán he morado, y detenídome he 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 Y tengo vacas, y asnos, y ovejas, y siervos, y siervas: y envió a decirlo a mi señor, por hallar gracia en 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 Y los mensajeros volvieron a Jacob, diciendo: Venimos a tu hermano, a Esaú, y él también viene a recibirte, y cuatrocientos hombres 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 gran temor, y angustióse; y partió el pueblo que tenía consigo, y las ovejas, y las vacas, y los camellos en dos cuadrillas;
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 Y dijo: Si viniere Esaú a la una cuadrilla, y la hiriere, la otra cuadrilla 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 Y dijo Jacob: Dios de mi padre Abraham, y Dios de mi padre Isaac, Jehová, que me dijiste: Vuélvete a tu tierra, y a tu parentela, y yo te haré 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 Menor soy yo que todas las misericordias, y que toda la verdad que has hecho con tu siervo: que con mi bordón pasé a este Jordán; y ahora estoy sobre dos cuadrillas.
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 Líbrame ahora de la mano de mi hermano, de la mano de Esaú; porque le temo: quizá no venga, y me hiera, y a la madre 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 Y tú has dicho, yo te haré bien, y pondré tu simiente como la arena de la mar, que no se puede contar por la multitud.
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 Y durmió allí aquella noche, y tomó de lo que le vino a la mano un presente para su hermano Esaú:
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 Doscientas cabras, y veinte machos de cabrío; doscientas ovejas, y veinte carneros;
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 Treinta camellas paridas con sus crias; cuarenta vacas, y diez novillos; veinte asnas, y diez borricos.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 Y diólo en mano de sus siervos, cada manada por si, y dijo a sus siervos: Pasád delante de mí, y ponéd espacio entre manada y manada.
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 mandó al primero, diciendo: Si Esaú mi hermano te encontrare, y te preguntare, diciendo: ¿Cúyo eres? Y ¿dónde vas? ¿Y para quién es esto, que llevas delante de ti?
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: Presente es de tu siervo Jacob, que envía a mi señor Esaú: y, he aquí, también él viene tras 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 Y mandó también al segundo, también al tercero, y a todos los que iban tras aquellas manadas, diciendo: Conforme a esto hablaréis a Esaú, cuando le hallareis.
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 Y diréis también: He aquí, tu siervo Jacob viene tras nosotros. Porque dijo: Apaciguaré su ira con el presente que va delante de mí, y después veré su rostro; quizá le será acepto.
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 Y pasó el presente delante de él, y él durmió aquella noche en el real.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 Y levantóse aquella noche, y tomó sus dos mujeres, y sus dos siervas, y sus once hijos, y pasó el vado de 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 Y tomólos, y pasólos el arroyo, y pasó lo que tenía.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Y quedó Jacob solo: y luchó con él un varón, hasta que el alba subía.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 Y como vio que no podía con él, tocó la palma de su anca; y la palma del anca de Jacob se descoyuntó luchando con él.
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 Y dijo: Déjame, que el alba sube. Y él dijo: No te dejaré, sino 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 Y él le dijo: ¿Cómo es tu nombre? Y él respondió: Jacob.
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 Y él dijo: No se dirá más tu nombre Jacob, sino Israel; porque has peleado 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 Entonces Jacob le preguntó, y dijo: Declárame ahora tu nombre. Y él respondió: ¿Por qué preguntas por mi nombre? Y bendíjole allí.
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 Y llamó Jacob el nombre de aquel lugar, Fanuel: Porque ví a Dios cara a cara, y mi alma fue librada.
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 Y salióle el sol, como pasó a Fanuel; y cojeaba de su anca.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 Por esto no comen los hijos de Israel el nervio encogido que está en la palma del anca hasta hoy; porque tocó la palma del anca de Jacob en el nervio encogido.
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.
