Genesis 32

1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

4 He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

16 He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’

18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.

20 You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

21 So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

25 When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

27 “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

29 And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

1 ¶ And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

3 ¶ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

9 ¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.

12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

16 And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?

18 Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob's; it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us.

19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

24 ¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

27 And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.

28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

29 And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

3 And Jacob sent messengers before him unto Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir, in the coasts of Edom.

4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus say ye unto my lord Esau, Thy servant Jacob saith unto thee, I have been with Laban a long time without.

5 And I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and maidservants: and I have sent forth word unto thee, my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

6 And the messengers came again to Jacob, and said: We came to thy brother Esau; and he also cometh to meet thee with four hundred men.

7 And Jacob was sore afraid, and his heart was troubled: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two armies.

8 And he said, If Esau come upon the one host, and smite it, the remnant shall escape.

9 And Jacob said, O God of Abraham my father, and O God of Isaac my father, O LORD, thou hast said unto me: Return unto thy land, and to thy friendship, and I will do thee good:

10 I am lowly in all thy mercy, and in all thy faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant: for I had not this staff when I passed over this Jordan, and now am I become two armies.

11 Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am afraid of him, lest he come and smite me, the mothers with the children.

12 Thou hast said, I will do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered before the multitude.

13 And he tarried there that night, and took of that which he had present present unto his brother Esau:

14 Two hundred goats, twenty rams, two hundred sheep, twenty rams.

15 And thirty lactating camels with their colts, and forty cows, and ten bullocks, and twenty asses with ten colts;

16 And he put them under the hand of his servants, one flock by one, and said unto them: Go before me, and leave space between one flock and another.

17 And he commanded the first, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, To whom belongest thou? and whither wilt thou go? and what is it that thou dost set before thee?

18 And thou shalt say, It belongeth unto Jacob thy servant, which sendeth a present unto Esau his master, and goeth after us.

19 So he commanded the second and the third, and all that went after the flocks, saying, As I have said unto you, so say unto Esau, when ye meet him,

20 And say ye also, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he thought, I will make an atonement for him with the present that goeth before me: afterward I will see him, peradventure he will accept me.

21 So the present went before him, but he tarried that night with the host.

22 And he arose in the night, and took his two wives, and his two maids, and his eleven children, and went unto the fords of Jabbok,

23 And he took them, and led them over the water, that what he had might pass over;

24 And he abode alone. Then a man wrestled with him until the dawn.

25 And when he saw that he overcame him not, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of his thigh was dislocated above the wrestling with him.

26 And he said, Let me go, for the dawn is breaking. But he answered: I will not leave thee, for thou blessest me.

27 And he said, What is thy name? And he answered, Jacob.

28 And he said, Thou shalt no more be called Jacob, but Israel. For thou hast fought with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.

29 And Jacob asked him, saying, Tell me, what is thy name? And he said, Why askest thou my name? And he blessed him there.

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Pniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my soul is recovered.

31 And when he was come over before Pniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped on his thigh.

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat no sinew in the joint of the thigh unto this day: because the sinew was touched in the joint of Jacob's thigh.