Genesis 32
1 and Jacob to go: went to/for way: journey his and to fall on in/on/with him messenger: angel God
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 and to say Jacob like/as as which to see: see them camp God this and to call: call by name [the] place [the] he/she/it Mahanaim
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 and to send: depart Jacob messenger to/for face: before his to(wards) Esau brother: male-sibling his land: country/planet [to] Seir land: country 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 and to command [obj] them to/for to say thus to say [emph?] to/for lord my to/for Esau thus to say servant/slave your Jacob with Laban to sojourn and to delay till now
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 and to be to/for me cattle and donkey flock and servant/slave and maidservant and to send: depart [emph?] to/for to tell to/for lord my to/for to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your
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 and to return: return [the] messenger to(wards) Jacob to/for to say to come (in): come to(wards) brother: male-sibling your to(wards) Esau and also to go: come to/for to encounter: meet you and four hundred man with him
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 and to fear Jacob much and be distressed to/for him and to divide [obj] [the] people which with him and [obj] [the] flock and [obj] [the] cattle and [the] camel to/for two camp
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 and to say if to come (in): come Esau to(wards) [the] camp [the] one and to smite him and to be [the] camp [the] to remain to/for survivor
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 and to say Jacob God father my Abraham and God father my Isaac LORD [the] to say to(wards) me to return: return to/for land: country/planet your and to/for relatives your and be good with you
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 be small from all [the] kindness and from all [the] truth: faithful which to make: do with servant/slave your for in/on/with rod my to pass [obj] [the] Jordan [the] this and now to be to/for two camp
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 to rescue me please from hand: power brother: male-sibling my from hand: power Esau for afraid I [obj] him lest to come (in): come and to smite me mother upon son: child
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 and you(m. s.) to say be good be good with you and to set: make [obj] seed: children your like/as sand [the] sea which not to recount from abundance
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 and to lodge there in/on/with night [the] he/she/it and to take: take from [the] to come (in): bring in/on/with hand: to his offering: gift to/for Esau brother: male-sibling his
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 goat hundred and male goat twenty ewe hundred and ram twenty
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 camel to suckle and son: young animal their thirty heifer forty and bullock ten she-ass twenty and colt ten
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 and to give: give in/on/with hand: to servant/slave his flock flock to/for alone him and to say to(wards) servant/slave his to pass to/for face: before my and space to set: put between flock and between flock
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 and to command [obj] [the] first to/for to say for to meet you Esau brother: male-sibling my and to ask you to/for to say to/for who? you(m. s.) and where? to go: went and to/for who? these to/for face: before your
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 and to say to/for servant/slave your to/for Jacob offering: gift he/she/it to send: depart to/for lord my to/for Esau and behold also he/she/it after us
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 and to command also [obj] [the] second also [obj] [the] third also [obj] all [the] to go: follow after [the] flock to/for to say like/as Chronicles [the] this to speak: speak [emph?] to(wards) Esau in/on/with to find you [obj] him
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 and to say also behold servant/slave your Jacob after us for to say to atone face of his in/on/with offering: gift [the] to go: went to/for face: before my and after so to see: see face his perhaps to lift: kindness face: kindness my
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 and to pass [the] offering: gift upon face: before his and he/she/it to lodge in/on/with night [the] he/she/it in/on/with camp
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 and to arise: rise in/on/with night he/she/it and to take: take [obj] two woman: wife his and [obj] two maidservant his and [obj] one ten youth his and to pass [obj] ford Jabbok
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 and to take: take them and to pass them [obj] [the] torrent: river and to pass [obj] which to/for him
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 and to remain Jacob to/for alone him and to wrestle man with him till to ascend: dawn [the] dawn
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 and to see: see for not be able to/for him and to touch in/on/with palm: dish thigh his and to dislocate/hang palm: dish thigh Jacob in/on/with to wrestle he with him
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 and to say to send: let go me for to ascend: dawn [the] dawn and to say not to send: let go you that if: except if: except to bless me
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 and to say to(wards) him what? name your and to say Jacob
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 and to say not Jacob to say still name your that if: except if: except Israel for to strive with God and with human and be able
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 and to ask Jacob and to say to tell [emph?] please name your and to say to/for what? this to ask to/for name my and to bless [obj] him there
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 and to call: call by Jacob name [the] place Peniel for to see: see God face to(wards) face and to rescue soul: life my
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 and to rise to/for him [the] sun like/as as which to pass [obj] Peniel and he/she/it to limp upon thigh his
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 upon so not to eat son: descendant/people Israel [obj] sinew [the] hamstring which upon palm: dish [the] thigh till [the] day: today [the] this for to touch in/on/with palm: dish thigh Jacob in/on/with sinew [the] hamstring
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.
