Now as Jacob went
on his way
, athe angels
of God
met
him.
Jacob said
when
he saw
them, "This
is God's
1camp
." So he named
that place
2 aMahanaim
.
Then Jacob asent
messengers
before
him to his brother
Esau
in the land
of bSeir
, the 1country
of cEdom
.
He also commanded them saying
, "Thus
you shall say
to my lord
Esau
: `Thus
says
your servant
Jacob
, "I have sojourned
with Laban
, and astayed
until
now
;
aI have oxen
and donkeys
and flocks
and male
and female
servants
; and I have sent
to tell
my lord
, bthat I may find
favor
in your sight
.""'
The messengers returned
to Jacob
, saying
, "We came
to your brother
Esau
, and furthermore
ahe is coming
to meet
you, and four
hundred
men
are with him."
Then Jacob was agreatly
afraid
and distressed
; and he divided
the people
who
were with him, and the flocks
and the herds
and the camels
, into two
companies
;
for he said, "If
Esau
comes
to the one
company
and 1attacks
it, then the company
which is left
will escape
."
Jacob said
, "O aGod
of my father
Abraham
and God
of my father
Isaac
, O LORD
, who said
to me, ` bReturn
to your country
and to your relatives
, and I will 1prosper
you,'
1I am unworthy aof all
the lovingkindness
and of all
the 2faithfulness
which
You have shown
to Your servant
; for with my staff
only I crossed
this
Jordan
, and now
I have become
two
companies
.
" aDeliver me, I pray
, bfrom the hand
of my brother
, from the hand
of Esau
; for I fear
him, that he will come
and 1attack
me and the cmothers
with the children
.
"For You said, ` aI will surely
1prosper
you and bmake
your 2descendants
as the sand
of the sea
, which
is too
great
to be numbered
.' "
So he spent the night
there
. Then he 1selected
from what 2he had
with him a apresent
for his brother
Esau
:
two hundred female
goats
and twenty
male
goats
, two hundred
ewes
and twenty
rams
,
thirty milking
camels
and their colts
, forty
cows
and ten
bulls
, twenty
female
donkeys
and ten
male
donkeys
.
He delivered them into the hand
of his servants
, every
drove
by itself
, and said
to his servants
, "Pass
on before
me, and put
a space
between
droves
."
He commanded the 1one
in front
, saying
, "When
my brother
Esau
meets
you and asks
you, saying
, `To whom
do you belong, and where
are you going
, and to whom
do these
animals in front
of you belong?'
then you shall say, `These belong to your servant
Jacob
; it is a present
sent
to my lord
Esau
. And behold
, he also
is behind
us.' "
Then he commanded also
the second
and the third
, and all
those who followed
the droves
, saying
, "After this
manner
you shall speak
to Esau
when you find
him;
and you shall say, `Behold
, your servant
Jacob
also
is behind
us.' " For he said
, "I will appease
him with the present
that goes
before
me. Then afterward
I will see
his face
; perhaps
he will accept
me."
So the present passed
on before
him, while he himself
spent
that night
in the camp
.
Now he arose that same
night
and took
his two
wives
and his two
maids
and his eleven
children
, and crossed
the ford
of the aJabbok
.
He took them and sent
them across
the stream
. And he sent
across
whatever
he had.
Then Jacob was left
alone
, and a man
awrestled
with him until
daybreak
.
When he saw that he had not prevailed
against him, he touched
the socket
of his thigh
; so the socket
of Jacob's
thigh
was dislocated
while he wrestled
with him.
Then he said, "Let
me go
, for the dawn
is breaking
." But he said
, " aI will not let
you go
unless
you bless
me."
So he said to him, "What
is your name
?" And he said
, "Jacob
."
aHe said, "Your name
shall no
longer
be Jacob
, but 1Israel
; for you have striven
with God
and with men
and have prevailed
."
Then aJacob asked
him and said
, "Please
tell
me your name
." But he said
, "Why
is it that you ask
my name
?" And he blessed
him there
.
So Jacob named
the place
1Peniel
, for he said, " aI have seen
God
face
to face
, yet my 2life
has been preserved
."
Now the sun rose
upon him just
as he crossed
over
aPenuel
, and he was limping
on his thigh
.
Therefore, to this
day
the sons
of Israel
do not eat
the sinew
of the hip
which
is on the socket
of the thigh
, because
he touched
the socket
of Jacob's
thigh
in the sinew
of the hip
.