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Genesis 32

1AndJacobwentH7725onhisway;andtheangelsofGod methim.

2AndwhenJacobH3290sawthemhesaid, ThisisthecampofGodH430.Andhecalledthenameofthatplace Mahanaim.

3AndJacobH3290sentmessengersbeforehisfacetoEsauhisbrother,intothelandofSeir,thefieldsofEdom.

4Andhecommandedthem, saying, Thusshallye speaktomylord,toEsauH6215: Thy servantJacobH3290speaks thus —WithLabanhaveIsojournedandtarried until now;

5andIhaveoxen,andasses, sheep,andbondmen,andbondwomen;andIhavesenttotellmylordH113,thatImayfind favourinthine eyes.

6AndthemessengersreturnedtoJacob, saying,Wecametothy brother,toEsau;andhealsoiscomingtomeetthee,andfour hundredmenwithhim.

7ThenJacobH3290wasgreatly afraid,andwasdistressed;andhedividedthepeoplethatwerewithhim,andthesheepandthecattleandthecamels,intotwoH3967troops.

8Andhesaid,IfEsau cometotheoneH834troopandsmiteit,thentheothertroopwhichisleftshallescape.

9AndJacobsaidH559,GodofmyfatherAbraham,andGodofmyfatherIsaac, Jehovah,whosaidst untome:Returnintothy countryandtothy kindred,andIwilldothee good,

10—Iamtoosmallforalltheloving-kindnessandallthefaithfulnessthatthou hast shewn unto thy servant;forwithmystaffIpassedoverthisJordan,andnowIambecometwo troops.

11Deliverme,Ipray thee,fromthehandofmybrother,fromthehandofEsau;forIfearhim, lesthecomeandsmiteme, [and]themotherwiththechildren.

12Andthou saidst,Iwillcertainlydeal wellwiththee,andmakethy seedasthesandofthesea, which cannotbenumberedformultitude.

13Andhelodgedtherethatnight;andtookofwhatcametohishandagiftforEsauhisbrother —

14twohundred she-goats,andtwenty he-goats;twohundred ewes,andtwenty rams;

15thirty milch camelswiththeir colts; forty kine,andten bulls;twentyH6242she-asses,andten young asses.

16Andhedelivered [them] intothehandofhisservants, every drovebyitself;andhesaidtohisservants, Goonbeforeme,andputaspace between droveanddrove.

17Andhecommandedtheforemost,sayingH559,WhenEsaumybrother meets thee,andasksthee,sayingH559,Whoseart thou,andwheregoest thou,andwhosearethesebeforethee?

18—thenthou shaltsayH559, Thy servant Jacob's:itisagiftsenttomylord,toEsauH6215.Andbehold,healsoisbehindus.

19Andsocommandedhethesecond,andthethird,andallthatfollowedthedroves,sayingH559,AccordingtothiswordshallyespeaktoEsauH6215whenye findhim.

20And,moreover, yeshallsayH559, Behold, thy servantJacobisbehindus.ForhesaidH559,IwillpropitiatehimwiththegiftthatgoesH1980beforeme,andafterwardsIwillseehisface: perhapshewillacceptme.

21AndthegiftH4503wentH1980overbeforehim;andhehimselflodgedthatnightinthecamp.

22AndheroseupthatnightH3915,andtookhistwo wives,andhistwo maidservants,andhiseleven sons,andpassedH5674overthefordoftheJabbok;

23andhetookH3947themandledthemovertheriver,andledoverwhathehad.

24AndJacob remained alone;andaman wrestledwithhimuntiltherisingofthedawn.

25Andwhenhesawthathedidnot prevailagainsthim,hetouchedthejointofhisthigh;andthejointofJacob's thighwasdislocatedashewrestledwithhim.

26Andhesaid,Letmego,forthedawn ariseth.Andhesaid,Iwillnotletthee goexceptthou blessme.

27AndhesaidH559tohim,Whatisthyname?AndhesaidH559,Jacob.

28AndhesaidH559, ThynameH8034shallnot henceforthbecalledJacobH3290,butIsrael;forthou hast wrestledwithGod,andwithmen,andhast prevailed.

29AndJacobH3290askedandsaidH559,Tell[me],Ipray thee, thynameH8034.AndhesaidH559,Howisitthatthou askestaftermynameH8034?Andheblessedhimthere.

30AndJacobH3290calledthenameH8034oftheplacePeniel —ForIhaveseenGodfacetoface,andmylifehasbeen preserved.

31AndashepassedoverPeniel,thesun roseuponhim;andhelimpeduponhiship.

32ThereforethechildrenofIsrael do not eatofthesinewthatisoverthejointofthethighH3409,tothisday;becausehetouchedthejointofJacob'sthighH3409—thesinew.

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