1 And Jacob * h3290 went * h1980 h8804 on his way * h1870, and the angels * h4397 of God * h430 met * h6293 h8799 him.
2 And when Jacob * h3290 saw them * h7200 h8804, he said * h559 h8799, This is God's * h430 host * h4264: and he called * h7121 h8799 the name * h8034 of that place * h4725 Mahanaim * h4266. Mahanaim: that is, Two hosts, or, camps
3 And Jacob * h3290 sent * h7971 h8799 messengers * h4397 before him * h6440 to Esau * h6215 his brother * h251 unto the land * h776 of Seir * h8165, the country * h7704 of Edom * h123. country: Heb. field
4 And he commanded * h6680 h8762 them, saying * h559 h8800, Thus shall ye speak * h559 h8799 unto my lord * h113 Esau * h6215; Thy servant * h5650 Jacob * h3290 saith * h559 h8804 thus, I have sojourned * h1481 h8804 with Laban * h3837, and stayed there * h309 h8799 until now:
5 And I have oxen * h7794, and asses * h2543, flocks * h6629, and menservants * h5650, and womenservants * h8198: and I have sent * h7971 h8799 to tell * h5046 h8687 my lord * h113, that I may find * h4672 h8800 grace * h2580 in thy sight * h5869.
6 And the messengers * h4397 returned * h7725 h8799 to Jacob * h3290, saying * h559 h8800, We came * h935 h8804 to thy brother * h251 Esau * h6215, and also he cometh * h1980 h8802 to meet thee * h7125 h8800, and four hundred * h3967 men * h376 with him.
7 Then Jacob * h3290 was greatly * h3966 afraid * h3372 h8799 and distressed * h3334 h8799: and he divided * h2673 h8799 the people * h5971 that was with him, and the flocks * h6629, and herds * h1241, and the camels * h1581, into two * h8147 bands * h4264;
8 And said * h559 h8799, If Esau * h6215 come * h935 h8799 to the one * h259 company * h4264, and smite it * h5221 h8689, then the other company * h4264 which is left * h7604 h8737 shall escape * h6413.
9 And Jacob * h3290 said * h559 h8799, O God * h430 of my father * h1 Abraham * h85, and God * h430 of my father * h1 Isaac * h3327, the LORD * h3068 which saidst * h559 h8802 unto me, Return * h7725 h8798 unto thy country * h776, and to thy kindred * h4138, and I will deal well * h3190 h8686 with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least * h6994 h8804 of all the mercies * h2617, and of all the truth * h571, which thou hast shewed * h6213 h8804 unto thy servant * h5650; for with my staff * h4731 I passed over * h5674 h8804 this Jordan * h3383; and now I am become two * h8147 bands * h4264. I am not...: Heb. I am less than all
11 Deliver me * h5337 h8685, I pray thee, from the hand * h3027 of my brother * h251, from the hand * h3027 of Esau * h6215: for I fear * h3373 him, lest he will come * h935 h8799 and smite me * h5221 h8689, and the mother * h517 with * h5921 the children * h1121. with: Heb. upon
12 And thou saidst * h559 h8804, I will surely * h3190 h8687 do thee good * h3190 h8686, and make * h7760 h8804 thy seed * h2233 as the sand * h2344 of the sea * h3220, which cannot be numbered * h5608 h8735 for multitude * h7230.
13 And he lodged * h3885 h8799 there that same night * h3915; and took * h3947 h8799 of that which came * h935 h8802 to his hand * h3027 a present * h4503 for Esau * h6215 his brother * h251;
14 Two hundred * h3967 she goats * h5795, and twenty * h6242 he goats * h8495, two hundred * h3967 ewes * h7353, and twenty * h6242 rams * h352,
15 Thirty * h7970 milch * h3243 h8688 camels * h1581 with their colts * h1121, forty * h705 kine * h6510, and ten * h6235 bulls * h6499, twenty * h6242 she asses * h860, and ten * h6235 foals * h5895.
16 And he delivered * h5414 h8799 them into the hand * h3027 of his servants * h5650, every drove * h5739 by themselves; and said * h559 h8799 unto his servants * h5650, Pass over * h5674 h8798 before me * h6440, and put * h7760 h8799 a space * h7305 betwixt * h996 drove * h5739 and * h996 drove * h5739.
17 And he commanded * h6680 h8762 the foremost * h7223, saying * h559 h8800, When Esau * h6215 my brother * h251 meeteth thee * h6298 h8799, and asketh thee * h7592 h8804, saying * h559 h8800, Whose art thou? and whither goest * h3212 h8799 thou? and whose are these before * h6440 thee?
18 Then thou shalt say * h559 h8804, They be thy servant * h5650 Jacob's * h3290; it is a present * h4503 sent * h7971 h8803 unto my lord * h113 Esau * h6215: and, behold, also he is behind us * h310.
19 And so * h1571 commanded he * h6680 h8762 the second * h8145, and the third * h7992, and all that followed * h1980 h8802 * h310 the droves * h5739, saying * h559 h8800, On this manner * h1697 shall ye speak * h1696 h8762 unto Esau * h6215, when ye find * h4672 h8800 him.
20 And say ye * h559 h8804 moreover * h1571, Behold, thy servant * h5650 Jacob * h3290 is behind us * h310. For he said * h559 h8804, I will appease * h3722 h8762 him * h6440 with the present * h4503 that goeth * h1980 h8802 before me * h6440, and afterward * h310 I will see * h7200 h8799 his face * h6440; peradventure he will accept * h5375 h8799 of me * h6440. of me: Heb. my face
21 So went * h5674 the present * h4503 over * h5674 h8799 before him * h6440: and himself lodged * h3885 h8804 that night * h3915 in the company * h4264.
22 And he rose up * h6965 h8799 that night * h3915, and took * h3947 h8799 his two * h8147 wives * h802, and his two * h8147 womenservants * h8198, and his eleven * h6240 * h259 sons * h3206, and passed over * h5674 h8799 the ford * h4569 Jabbok * h2999.
23 And he took them * h3947 h8799, and sent them over * h5674 h8686 the brook * h5158, and sent over * h5674 h8686 that he had. sent them: Heb. caused to pass
24 And Jacob * h3290 was left * h3498 h8735 alone; and there wrestled * h79 h8735 a man * h376 with him until the breaking * h5927 h8800 of the day * h7837. breaking...: Heb. ascending of the morning
25 And when he saw * h7200 h8799 that he prevailed * h3201 h8804 not against him, he touched * h5060 h8799 the hollow of his thigh * h3409; and the hollow * h3709 of Jacob's * h3290 thigh * h3409 was out of joint * h3363 h8799, as he wrestled * h79 h8736 with him.
26 And he said * h559 h8799, Let me go * h7971 h8761, for the day * h7837 breaketh * h5927 h8804. And he said * h559 h8799, I will not let thee go * h7971 h8762, except * h518 thou bless * h1288 h8765 me.
27 And he said * h559 h8799 unto him, What is thy name * h8034? And he said * h559 h8799, Jacob * h3290.
28 And he said * h559 h8799, Thy name * h8034 shall be called * h559 h8735 no more Jacob * h3290, but Israel * h3478: for as a prince hast thou power * h8280 h8804 with God * h430 and with men * h582, and hast prevailed * h3201 h8799. Israel: that is, A prince of God
29 And Jacob * h3290 asked * h7592 h8799 him , and said * h559 h8799, Tell * h5046 h8685 me , I pray thee, thy name * h8034. And he said * h559 h8799, Wherefore is it * h2088 that thou dost ask * h7592 h8799 after my name * h8034? And he blessed * h1288 h8762 him there.
30 And Jacob * h3290 called * h7121 h8799 the name * h8034 of the place * h4725 Peniel * h6439: for I have seen * h7200 h8804 God * h430 face * h6440 to face * h6440, and my life * h5315 is preserved * h5337 h8735. Peniel: that is, The face of God
31 And as he passed over * h5674 h8804 Penuel * h6439 the sun * h8121 rose * h2224 h8799 upon him, and he halted * h6760 h8802 upon his thigh * h3409.
32 Therefore the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478 eat * h398 h8799 not of the sinew * h1517 which shrank * h5384, which is upon the hollow * h3709 of the thigh * h3409, unto this day * h3117: because he touched * h5060 h8804 the hollow * h3709 of Jacob's * h3290 thigh * h3409 in the sinew * h1517 that shrank * h5384.