1And JacobwentH7725on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2AndJacobH3290said when he saw them, This isGod’sH430host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3AndJacobH3290sentH559messengersbeforeאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430him toEsauH559his brother unto thelandהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725of Seir, the field of Edom.
4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lordEsauH6215; Thus saith thy servantJacobH3290, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:
5and I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and menservants ard maidservants: and I havesentוַיְצַ֤וvay.TzavH6680totellH559mylordH113, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6And themessengersלְהַגִּ֣ידle.ha.GidH5046returned toJacobוָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙va.'esh.le.ChahH7971, saying,WeH4672cameH1961to thy brother Esau, andmoreoverH1961he cometh tomeetH4672thee, and four hundredmenוְעֶ֣בֶדve.'E.vedH5650with him.
7ThenJacobH3290was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided thepeopleאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels,intoH413twoמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967companies;
8and he said,IfH834Esau come to the onecompanyH4264, and smite it, then thecompanyH4264whichH834is left shall escape.
9AndJacobH559saidH559, OGodH559of my fatherAbrahamH559, andGodH559of my fatherIsaacH559, O LORD, which saidst untomeH413,Returnיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I willdoאִם־'im-H518thee good:
10I amnotלְאַרְצְךָ֛le.'ar.tze.KhaH776worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; andnowיִצְחָ֑קyitz.ChakH3327I ambecomeשׁ֧וּבshuvH7725two companies.
11DelivermeH1961, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest hecomeH1961and smitemeH1961, the mother with the children.
12And thou saidst, I willsurelyH3588doH3027thee good, andmakeH3588thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13And he lodged there that night; andtookאֶֽת־'et-H853of thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he had with him a present forEsauאָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559his brother;
14twoH3947hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats,twoH3947hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls,twentyH6242she-asses and ten foals.
16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants, Pass over beforemeוּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.HemH1121, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17And hecommandedH559the foremost,sayingH559, WhenEsauH559my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee,sayingH559,Whoseעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650art thou? and whither goest thou? andwhoseעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650aretheseתָּשִׂ֔ימוּta.Si.muH7760beforeH6440thee?
18then thou shaltsayH559, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a presentsentוַיְצַ֥וvay.TzavH6680unto my lordEsauH6215: and, behold, he also is behindusכִּ֣יkiH3588.
19And hecommandedH559also the second, and the third, andallוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009thatfollowedH310the droves,sayingH559, On this manner shall yespeakH559untoEsauH6215, when ye find him;
20and ye shallsayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕םva.'a.mar.TemH559,MoreoverH1571, behold, thy servantJacobאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559isbehindH310usH413. For hesaidלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, I will appease him with thepresentבְּמֹצַאֲכֶ֖םbe.mo.tza.'a.KhemH4672that goethbeforeH413meH413, andafterwardH310I will see his face; peradventure he will acceptmeH413.
21Soכֵן֙khenH3651thepresentH4503passedH310overbeforeH6440him: and hehimselfH6440lodged that night in the company.
22And he roseupעַל־'al-H5921thatnightH3915, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, andpassedH5674over the ford of Jabbok.
23And hetookH3947them, andsentH3947them over the stream, andsentH3947over that he had.
24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25And when he saw that he prevailed notagainstH5973him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow ofJacob’sH3290thigh was strained, as hewrestledH79with him.
30AndJacobH3290calledH559thenameH8034of theplaceשָֽׁם׃ShamH8033Peniel: for,saidH559he, I have seenGodH559face to face, and my life is preserved.
31And the sun roseuponH7121him as he passed overPenuelH6439, and he halteduponH7121his thigh.
32Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of thehipH3409whichH834isuponH5921the hollow of thethighH3409, unto this day:becauseH5921he touched the hollow of Jacob’sthighH3409in the sinew of thehipH3409.
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