Genesis 32
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.
