Genesis 32
1 And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.
2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
4 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.
And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
5 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.
And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
6 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.
When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
7 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.
Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
8 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
9 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.
Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
10 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.
I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
11 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.
Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
12 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.
And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
13 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,
14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
15 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
16 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.
These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.
17 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?
And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?
18 You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us.
Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.
19 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;
And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;
20 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.
And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.
21 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
22 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.
And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
25 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.
But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.
26 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.
And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
27 And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
28 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.
And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
29 And Jacob asked and said, Tell me your name; and he said, Therefore do you ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.
30 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.
And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
31 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.
32 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.
For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.
