And Jacob went
on his way
, and the angels
of God
met
him.
And when Jacob saw them
, he said
, This is God's
host
: and he called
the name
of that place
Mahanaim
.
And Jacob sent
messengers
before him
to Esau
his brother
unto the land
of Seir
, the country
of Edom
.
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:
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
.
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.
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
;
And said, If Esau
come
to the one
company
, and smite it
, then the other company
which is left
shall escape
.
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:
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
.
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
.
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
.
And he lodged there that same night
; and took
of that which came
to his hand
a present
for Esau
his brother
;
Two hundred she goats
, and twenty
he goats
, two hundred
ewes
, and twenty
rams
,
Thirty milch
camels
with their colts
, forty
kine
, and ten
bulls
, twenty
she asses
, and ten
foals
.
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
.
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?
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
.
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.
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
.
So went the present
over
before him
: and himself lodged
that night
in the company
.
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
.
And he took them, and sent them over
the brook
, and sent over
that he had.
And Jacob was left
alone; and there wrestled
a man
with him until the breaking
of the day
.
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.
And he said, Let me go
, for the day
breaketh
. And he said
, I will not let thee go
, except
thou bless
me.
And he said unto him, What is thy name
? And he said
, Jacob
.
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
.
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.
And Jacob called
the name
of the place
Peniel
: for I have seen
God
face
to face
, and my life
is preserved
.
And as he passed over Penuel
the sun
rose
upon him, and he halted
upon his thigh
.
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
.