Jacob also
went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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Genesis 32
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When Jacob saw them, he said, “
This is the camp
of God.”
So
he
named
that place Mahanaim.
And
when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's
host:
and
he
called
the name
of that place Mahanaim.
Jacob sent messengers ahead
of
him to his brother Esau
in
the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
And
Jacob sent messengers before
him to Esau
his brother unto
the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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 .
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 :
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. ’”
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.
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. ”
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.
In
great
fear
and
distress,
Jacob divided his
people into
two
camps
, as
well
as
the flocks and herds and camels .
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;
He
thought
, “
If Esau comes
and
attacks
one camp
, then the other camp
can
escape. ”
And
said
, If Esau come
to
the
one company
, and
smite
it,
then the other company
which
is
left
shall
escape.
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,’
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:
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
.
I am not
worthy
of the
least
of
all the mercies,
and of
all
the
truth
, which
thou
hast
showed
unto
thy
servant;
for
with my staff I passed
over
this
Jordan ;
and
now I am
become two bands
.
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
.
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
.
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
. ’”
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
.
Jacob
spent
the
night
there,
and from
what
he had
brought
with
him,
he
selected
a gift
for his brother Esau:
And he lodged
there
that
same
night;
and
took
of
that
which
came
to
his
hand
a present
for Esau
his brother ;
200
female
goats, 20
male
goats, 200
ewes, 20
rams,
Two
hundred
she
goats, and
twenty
he
goats, two
hundred
ewes, and
twenty
rams,
30
milk
camels with their young
, 40
cows
, 10
bulls, 20
female
donkeys
, and 10
male
donkeys
.
Thirty
milch
camels with their colts
, forty
kine
, and
ten
bulls, twenty
she
asses
, and ten
foals
.
He entrusted
them to
his servants in
separate
herds
and told
them
, “Go
on
ahead
of
me, and keep
some
distance
between
the
herds
. ”
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
.
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
? ’
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
?
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. ’”
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.
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.
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.
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. ”
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.
So Jacob’s
gifts
went on
before him ,
while
he
spent
the
night in the camp
.
So went the
present
over
before him :
and
himself
lodged
that
night in the company
.
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.
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.
He took them and sent them across
the stream
, along
with
all
his
possessions
.
And
he took them ,
and sent them over
the brook
, and
sent
over
that
he
had
.
So
Jacob was left all
alone ,
and there a man wrestled
with him until daybreak
.
And
Jacob was left alone ;
and there wrestled
a man with him until the
breaking
of
the
day
.
When the
man
saw that he could
not overpower
Jacob
, he struck
the socket
of Jacob’s
hip
and dislocated
it
as they
wrestled.
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
.
Then
the
man
said, “
Let me go, for it
is
daybreak
. ”
But
Jacob
replied
, “
I will not let you
go unless
you
bless me. ”
And
he
said, Let me go, for the
day
breaketh
. And
he
said
, I will not let thee
go ,
except
thou
bless me.
“
What is your
name? ”
the
man
asked.
“Jacob,”
he replied
.
And
he
said
unto
him,
What is thy
name? And
he said,
Jacob
.
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. ”
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.
And Jacob requested
, “Please
tell me your
name. ”
But
he replied
, “Why
do
you
ask my name? ”
Then
he blessed Jacob
there.
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.
So
Jacob named
the place Peniel ,
saying,
“Indeed,
I have seen God face to face, and yet
my life was
spared
. ”
And
Jacob called
the name
of
the
place Peniel :
for
I have seen God face to face, and my life is
preserved
.
The
sun
rose
above
him
as he passed by
Penuel, and he was
limping
because
of
his hip
.
And
as he passed over
Penuel the
sun
rose
upon
him
, and he halted
upon
his thigh
.
Therefore to
this
day
the Israelites
do
not
eat the tendon
which is at
the socket
of the hip
, because the socket
of Jacob’s
hip
was
struck
near
that tendon
.
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
.
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