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Genesis 32
32:1

And Jacob3290 went1980 on his way,1870 and the angels4397 of Elohim430 met6293 him.

32:2

And when Jacob3290 saw7200 them, he said,559 This is Elohim's430 host:4264 and he called7121 the name8034 of that place4725 Mahanaim.4266

32:3

And Jacob3290 sent7971 messengers4397 before6440 him to Esau6215 his brother251 unto the land776 of Seir,8165 the country7704 of Edom.123

32:4

And he commanded6680 them, saying,559 Thus shall ye speak559 unto my sovereign113 Esau;6215 Thy servant5650 Jacob3290 saith559 thus, I have sojourned1481 with Laban,3837 and stayed there309 until now:

32:5

And I have oxen,7794 and donkeys,2543 flocks,6629 and menservants,5650 and womenservants:8198 and I have sent7971 to tell5046 my sovereign,113 that I may find4672 grace2580 in thy sight.5869

32:6

And the messengers4397 returned7725 to Jacob,3290 saying,559 We came935 to thy brother251 Esau,6215 and also he cometh1980 to meet7125 thee, and four702 hundred3967 men376 with him.

32:7

Then Jacob3290 was greatly3966 afraid3372 and distressed:3334 and he divided2673 the people5971 that was with him, and the flocks,6629 and herds,1241 and the camels,1581 into two8147 bands;4264

32:8

And said,559 If Esau6215 come935 to the one259 company,4264 and smite5221 it, then the other company4264 which is left7604 shall escape.6413

32:9

And Jacob3290 said,559 O Elohim430 of my father1 Abraham,85 and Elohim430 of my father1 Isaac,3327 Yahweh3068 which saidst559 unto me, Return7725 unto thy country,776 and to thy kindred,4138 and I will deal well3190 with thee:

32:10

I am not worthy6994 of the least of all the mercies,2617 and of all the truth,571 which thou hast shewed6213 unto thy servant;5650 for with my staff4731 I passed over5674 this Jordan;3383 and now I am become two8147 bands.4264

32:11

Deliver5337 me, I pray thee, from the hand3027 of my brother,251 from the hand3027 of Esau:6215 for I fear3373 him, lest he will come935 and smite5221 me, and the mother517 with5921 the children.1121

32:12

And thou saidst,559 I will surely3190 do thee good,3190 and make7760 thy seed2233 as the sand2344 of the sea,3220 which cannot be numbered5608 for multitude.7230

32:13

And he lodged3885 there that same night;3915 and took3947 of that which came935 to his hand3027 a present4503 for Esau6215 his brother;251

32:14

Two hundred3967 she goats,5795 and twenty6242 he goats,8495 two hundred3967 ewes,7353 and twenty6242 rams,352

32:15

Thirty7970 milch3243 camels1581 with their colts,1121 forty705 kine,6510 and ten6235 bulls,6499 twenty6242 she donkeys,860 and ten6235 foals.5895

32:16

And he delivered5414 them into the hand3027 of his servants,5650 every drove5739 by themselves; and said559 unto his servants,5650 Pass over5674 before6440 me, and put7760 a space7305 betwixt996 drove5739 and996 drove.5739

32:17

And he commanded6680 the foremost,7223 saying,559 When Esau6215 my brother251 meeteth6298 thee, and asketh7592 thee, saying,559 Whose art thou? and whither goest3212 thou? and whose are these before6440 thee?

32:18

Then thou shalt say,559 They be thy servant5650 Jacob's;3290 it is a present4503 sent7971 unto my sovereign113 Esau:6215 and, behold, also he is behind310 us.

32:19

And so1571 commanded6680 he the second,8145 and1571 the third,7992 and1571 all that followed1980 the droves,5739 saying,559 On this manner1697 shall ye speak1696 unto Esau,6215 when ye find4672 him.

32:20

And say559 ye moreover,1571 Behold, thy servant5650 Jacob3290 is behind310 us. For he said,559 I will appease3722 him6440 with the present4503 that goeth1980 before6440 me, and afterward310 I will see7200 his face;6440 peradventure he will accept5375 of me.6440

32:21

So went the present4503 over5674 before him:6440 and himself lodged3885 that night3915 in the company.4264

32:22

And he rose up6965 that night,3915 and took3947 his two8147 wives,802 and his two8147 womenservants,8198 and his eleven6240 sons,3206 and passed over5674 the ford4569 Jabbok.2999

32:23

And he took3947 them, and sent them over5674 the brook,5158 and sent over5674 that he had.

32:24

And Jacob3290 was left3498 alone; and there wrestled79 a man376 with him until the breaking5927 of the day.7837

32:25

And when he saw7200 that he prevailed3201 not against him, he touched5060 the hollow3709 of his thigh;3409 and the hollow3709 of Jacob's3290 thigh3409 was out of joint,3363 as he wrestled79 with him.

32:26

And he said,559 Let me go,7971 for the day7837 breaketh.5927 And he said,559 I will not let thee go,7971 except518 thou bless1288 me.

32:27

And he said559 unto him, What is thy name?8034 And he said,559 Jacob.3290

32:28

And he said,559 Thy name8034 shall be called559 no more Jacob,3290 but Israel:3478 for as a prince hast thou power8280 with Elohim430 and with men,582 and hast prevailed.3201

32:29

And Jacob3290 asked7592 him, and said,559 Tell5046 me, I pray thee, thy name.8034 And he said,559 Wherefore is it2088 that thou dost ask7592 after my name?8034 And he blessed1288 him there.

32:30

And Jacob3290 called7121 the name8034 of the place4725 Peniel:6439 for I have seen7200 Elohim430 face6440 to face,6440 and my life5315 is preserved.5337

32:31

And as he passed over5674 Penuel6439 the sun8121 rose2224 upon him, and he halted6760 upon his thigh.3409

32:32

Therefore the children1121 of Israel3478 eat398 not of the sinew1517 which shrank,5384 which is upon the hollow3709 of the thigh,3409 unto this day:3117 because he touched5060 the hollow3709 of Jacob's3290 thigh3409 in the sinew1517 that shrank.5384