American Standard Version

Genesis 32

1AndJacobwentH7725onhisway,andtheangelsofGod methim.

2AndJacobH3290saidwhenhesawthem, ThisisGod’shost:andhecalledthenameofthatplace Mahanaim.

3AndJacobH3290sentmessengersbeforehimtoEsauhisbrother untothelandofSeir,thefieldofEdom.

4Andhecommandedthem, saying, Thusshallye say untomylordEsauH6215: Thus saith thy servantJacobH3290,IhavesojournedwithLaban,andstayed until now:

5andIhaveoxen,andasses,andflocks,andmen-servants,andmaid-servants:andIhavesenttotellmylordH113,thatImayfind favorinthy sight.

6AndthemessengersreturnedtoJacob, saying,Wecametothy brother Esau,andmoreoverhecomethtomeetthee,andfour hundredmenwithhim.

7ThenJacobH3290wasgreatly afraidandwasdistressed:andhedividedthepeoplethatwerewithhim,andtheflocks,andtheherds,andthecamels,intotwoH3967companies;

8andhesaid,IfEsau cometotheoneH834company,andsmiteit,thenthecompanywhichisleftshallescape.

9AndJacobsaidH559,OGodofmyfatherAbraham,andGodofmyfatherIsaac,OJehovah,whosaidst untome,Returnunto thy country,andtothy kindred,andIwilldothee good:

10Iamnotworthyoftheleastofallthelovingkindnesses,andofallthetruth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant;forwithmystaffIpassedoverthisJordan;andnowIambecometwo companies.

11Deliverme,Ipray thee,fromthehandofmybrother,fromthehandofEsau:forIfearhim, lesthecomeandsmiteme,themotherwiththechildren.

12Andthou saidst,Iwillsurelydothee good,andmakethy seedasthesandofthesea, which cannotbenumberedformultitude.

13Andhelodgedtherethatnight,andtookofthatwhichhehadwithhimapresentforEsauhisbrother:

14twohundred she-goatsandtwenty he-goats,twohundred ewesandtwenty rams,

15thirty milch camelsandtheir colts, forty cowsandten bulls,twentyH6242she-assesandten foals.

16Andhedeliveredthemintothehandofhisservants, every drovebyitself,andsaid untohisservants, Pass over beforeme,andputaspace betwixt droveanddrove.

17Andhecommandedtheforemost,sayingH559,WhenEsaumybrother meeteth thee,andasketh thee,sayingH559,Whoseart thou?andwhither goest thou?andwhosearethesebeforethee?

18thenthou shaltsayH559,Theyarethy servant Jacob’s;itisapresentsentuntomylordEsauH6215:and, behold,healsoisbehindus.

19AndhecommandedalsoH1571thesecond,andthethird,andallthatfollowedthedroves,sayingH559,OnthismannershallyespeakuntoEsauH6215,whenye findhim;

20andyeshallsayH559,Moreover, behold, thy servantJacobisbehindus.ForhesaidH559,Iwillappeasehimwiththepresentthatgoethbeforeme,andafterwardIwillseehisface; peradventurehewillacceptme.

21Sothepresentpassedoverbeforehim:andhehimselflodgedthatnightinthecompany.

22AndheroseupthatnightH3915,andtookhistwo wives,andhistwo handmaids,andhiseleven children,andpassedH5674overthefordoftheJabbok.

23AndhetookH3947them,andsentthemoverthestream,andsentoverthatwhichhehad.

24AndJacobwasleft alone;andtherewrestledamanwithhimuntilthebreakingoftheday.

25Andwhenhesawthatheprevailed notagainsthim,hetouchedthehollowofhisthigh;andthehollowofJacob’sthighwasstrained,ashewrestledwithhim.

26Andhesaid,Letmego,fortheday breaketh.Andhesaid,Iwillnotletthee go,exceptthou blessme.

27AndhesaidH559untohim,Whatisthyname?AndhesaidH559,Jacob.

28AndhesaidH559, ThynameH8034shallbecalledno moreJacobH3290,butIsrael:forthou hast strivenwithGodandwithmen,andhast prevailed.

29AndJacobH3290askedhim,andsaidH559,Tellme,Ipray thee, thynameH8034.AndhesaidH559, Whereforeisitthatthou dostaskaftermynameH8034?Andheblessedhimthere.

30AndJacobH3290calledthenameH8034oftheplacePeniel:for,saidH559he,IhaveseenGodfacetoface,andmylifeispreserved.

31Andthesun roseuponhimashepassedoverPenuelH6439,andhelimpeduponhisthigh.

32ThereforethechildrenofIsrael eat notthesinewofthehipwhichisuponthehollowofthethighH3409, untothisday:becausehetouchedthehollowofJacob’sthighH3409inthesinewofthehip.

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