Chapter 32

And Jacob went¹ on his way, and the angels of God met⁴ him.

And when Jacob saw¹ them, he said,⁴ This [is] God's host: and he called⁴ the name of that place Mahanaim.

And Jacob sent⁴ messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

And he commanded¹⁷ them, saying,² Thus shall ye speak⁴ unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith¹ thus, I have sojourned¹ with Laban, and stayed there⁴ until now:

And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent⁴ to tell⁵³ my lord, that I may find² grace in thy sight.

And the messengers returned⁴ to Jacob, saying,² We came¹ to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh⁶ to meet² thee, and four hundred men with him.

Then Jacob was greatly afraid⁴ and distressed:⁴ and he divided⁴ the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

And said,⁴ If Esau come⁴ to the one company, and smite⁵² it, then the other company which is left¹² shall escape.

And Jacob said,⁴ O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst⁶ unto me, Return³ unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well⁵⁵ with thee:

I am not worthy¹ of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed¹ unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over¹ this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

Deliver⁵⁴ me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come⁴ and smite⁵² me, [and] the mother with the children.

And thou saidst,¹ I will surely⁵³ do thee good,⁵⁵ and make¹ thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered¹¹ for multitude.

And he lodged⁴ there that same night; and took⁴ of that which came⁶ to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

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

Thirty milch⁵⁶ camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

And he delivered⁴ [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove ⁵⁷³⁹ by themselves; and said⁴ unto his servants, Pass over³ before me, and put⁴ a space betwixt drove and drove.

And he commanded¹⁷ the foremost, saying,² When Esau my brother meeteth⁴ thee, and asketh¹ thee, saying,² Whose [art] thou? and whither goest⁴ thou? and whose [are] these before thee?

Then thou shalt say,¹ [They be] thy servant Jacob's; it [is] a present sent⁷ unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us.

And so commanded¹⁷ he the second, and the third, and all that followed^{6 310} the droves, saying,² On this manner shall ye speak¹⁷ unto Esau, when ye find² him.

And say¹ ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said,¹ I will appease¹⁷ him with the present that goeth⁶ before me, and afterward I will see⁴ his face; peradventure he will accept⁴ of me.

So went the present over⁴ before him: and himself lodged¹ that night in the company.

And he rose up⁴ that night, and took⁴ his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven ²⁵⁹ sons, and passed over⁴ the ford Jabbok.

And he took⁴ them, and sent them over⁵⁵ the brook, and sent over⁵⁵ that he had.

And Jacob was left¹¹ alone; and there wrestled¹¹ a man with him until the breaking² of the day.

And when he saw⁴ that he prevailed¹ not against him, he touched⁴ the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint,⁴ as he wrestled⁹ with him.

And he said,⁴ Let me go,¹⁶ for the day breaketh.¹ And he said,⁴ I will not let thee go,¹⁷ except thou bless¹⁴ me.

And he said⁴ unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said,⁴ Jacob.

And he said,⁴ Thy name shall be called¹¹ no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power¹ with God and with men, and hast prevailed.⁴

And Jacob asked⁴ [him], and said,⁴ Tell⁵⁴ [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said,⁴ Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask⁴ after my name? And he blessed¹⁷ him there.

And Jacob called⁴ the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen¹ God face to face, and my life is preserved.¹¹

And as he passed over¹ Penuel the sun rose⁴ upon him, and he halted⁶ upon his thigh.

Therefore the children of Israel eat⁴ not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched¹ the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.