Génesis 32
1 Y en su camino Jacob se encontró cara a cara con los ángeles de Dios.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 Y cuando los vio, dijo: Este es el ejército de Dios; y dio a aquel lugar el nombre de 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 siervos delante de él a su hermano Esaú en la tierra de Seir, en la tierra 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 les ordenó que dijesen estas palabras a Esaú: Jacob, tu siervo, dice: Hasta ahora he estado viviendo con Labán.
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 bueyes, asnos, rebaños, sirvientes y siervas, y he enviado a dar noticias a mi señor de estas cosas, para que tenga gracia en sus 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 Cuando volvieron los siervos, dijeron: Hemos visto a tu hermano Esaú y él viene a ti, 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 angustia, y puso a todo el pueblo, las ovejas, las vacas 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 Y dijo: Si Esaú, encontrándose con un grupo, los ataca, los otros saldrán sanos y salvos.
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 Entonces Jacob dijo: Dios de mi padre Abraham, Dios de mi padre Isaac, el Señor, que me dijo: Vuelve a tu tierra y a tu familia, y yo seré bueno contigo.
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 Yo soy menos que nada en comparación con todas tus misericordias y tu fe para mí tu siervo; porque con solo mi bastón en la mano crucé Jordania, y ahora me he convertido en dos campamentos.
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 Sé mi salvador de la mano de Esaú, mi hermano, porque mi temor es que él me ataque, matando a madre e hijo.
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 dijiste: De cierto te haré bien, y pondré tu simiente como la arena del mar, que no se puede contar.
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 levantó allí su tienda para la noche; y de entre sus bienes tomó, como una ofrenda 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 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 con sus crías, cuarenta vacas, diez bueyes, veinte asnos y diez asnos jóvenes.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 Estos dio a sus siervos, toda manada en sí, y dijo a sus siervos: Continúen delante de mí, y que haya un espacio entre una manada y la otra.
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 dio orden al primero, diciendo: Cuando viene a ti mi hermano Esaú, y dice: ¿Quién es tu siervo, y á dónde vas, y de quién son estas vacas?
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 dile: Estos son los de tu siervo Jacob; son una ofrenda para mi señor, para Esaú; y él mismo viene 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 Y dio las mismas órdenes al segundo y al tercero, y a todos los que estaban con las manadas, y dijo: Esto es lo que le dirás a Esaú cuando lo veas;
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 tú dirás más: Jacob, tu siervo, viene detrás de nosotros. Porque se dijo a sí mismo: Quitaré su ira por la ofrenda que envié, y luego iré delante de él; puede que tenga gracia en sus ojos.
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 los siervos con las ofrendas siguieron adelante, y él mismo descansó esa noche en las tiendas con su pueblo.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 Y en la noche se levantó, y tomando consigo sus dos mujeres, las dos siervas y sus once hijos, cruzó el río 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 Él los tomó y los envió sobre la corriente con todo lo que tenía.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Entonces Jacob estaba solo; y un hombre peleaba con él hasta el amanecer.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 Pero cuando el hombre vio que no podía vencer a Jacob, le dio un golpe en la coyuntura de la pierna, de modo que se le dislocó la pierna.
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 él le dijo: Déjame ir ahora, porque el alba está cerca. Pero Jacob dijo: No te dejaré ir hasta que me hayas dado tu bendición.
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 Entonces él dijo: ¿Cómo te llamas? Y él dijo: 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 en tu guerra con Dios y con los hombres 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 dijo: ¿Cuál es tu nombre? Y él dijo: ¿Porque me preguntas por mi nombre? Entonces él le dio una bendición.
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 Jacob dio a ese lugar el nombre de Penuel, diciendo: He visto a Dios cara a cara, y aún estoy vivo.
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 mientras pasaba por Penuel, salió el sol. Y fue con pasos desiguales debido a su pierna dañada.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 Por esta razón, los hijos de Israel, incluso hoy en día, nunca toman ese músculo en el hueco de la pierna como alimento, porque se tocó el hueco de la pierna de Jacob.
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.
