“1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And
when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God’s host: and he called the
name of that place Mahanaim.”
“3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the
land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus
shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have
sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and
asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to
tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers
returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he
cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was
greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with
him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And
said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left shall escape.”
“9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father
Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to
thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am not worthy 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; and now I
am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my
brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and
smite me, [and] the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will
surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which
cannot be numbered for multitude.”
“13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came
to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats,
and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch
camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses,
and ten foals. 16 And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants,
every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before
me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the
foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee,
saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these
before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob’s; it
[is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind
us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that
followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau,
when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is]
behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth
before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will
accept of me. 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged
that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his
two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed
over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook,
and sent over that he had.”
“24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not
against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said,
Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go,
except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And
he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,
but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and
hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray
thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask
after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of
the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is
preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he
halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of]
the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto
this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew
that shrank.” (Genesis 32:1-32 AV)
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