Genesis 32

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Jacob^H3290 went^H1980 on his way,^H1870 and the angels^H4397 of God^H430 met^H6293 him.

2 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 said^H559 when he saw them,^H7200 This is God's^H430 host:^H4264 and he called^H7121 the name^H8034 of that place^H4725 Mahanaim.^H4266

3 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 before him^H6440 to Esau^H6215 his brother^H251 unto the land^H776 of Seir,^H8165 the field^H7704 of Edom.^H123

4 ♥ 📝 And he commanded^H6680 them, saying,^H559 Thus shall ye say^H559 unto my lord^H113 Esau:^H6215 Thus saith^H559 thy servant^H5650 Jacob,^H3290 I have sojourned^H1481 with Laban,^H3837 and stayed^H309 until now:

5 ♥ 📝 and I have oxen,^H7794 and asses,^H2543 [and] flocks,^H6629 and men-servants,^H5650 and maid-servants:^H8198 and I have sent^H7971 to tell^H5046 my lord,^H113 that I may find^H4672 favor^H2580 in thy sight.^H5869

6 ♥ 📝 And the messengers^H4397 returned^H7725 to Jacob,^H3290 saying,^H559 We came^H935 to thy brother^H251 Esau,^H6215 and moreover he cometh^H1980 to meet thee,^H7125 and four hundred^H3967 men^H376 with him.

7 ♥ 📝 Then Jacob^H3290 was greatly^H3966 afraid^H3372 and was distressed:^H3334 and he divided^H2673 the people^H5971 that were with him, and the flocks,^H6629 and the herds,^H1241 and the camels,^H1581 into two^H8147 companies;^H4264

8 ♥ 📝 and he said,^H559 If Esau^H6215 come^H935 to the one^H259 company,^H4264 and smite it,^H5221 then the company^H4264 which is left^H7604 shall escape.^H6413

9 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 said,^H559 O God^H430 of my father^H1 Abraham,^H85 and God^H430 of my father^H1 Isaac,^H3327 O Jehovah,^H3068 who saidst^H559 unto me, Return^H7725 unto thy country,^H776 and to thy kindred,^H4138 and I will do thee good:^H3190

10 ♥ 📝 I am not worthy of the least^H6994 of all the lovingkindnesses,^H2617 and of all the truth,^H571 which thou hast showed^H6213 unto thy servant;^H5650 for with my staff^H4731 I passed over^H5674 this Jordan;^H3383 and now I am become two^H8147 companies.^H4264

11 ♥ 📝 Deliver me,^H5337 I pray thee, from the hand^H3027 of my brother,^H251 from the hand^H3027 of Esau:^H6215 for I fear^H3373 him, lest he come^H935 and smite me,^H5221 the mother^H517 with^H5921 the children.^H1121

12 ♥ 📝 And thou saidst,^H559 I will surely^H3190 do thee good,^H3190 and make^H7760 thy seed^H2233 as the sand^H2344 of the sea,^H3220 which cannot be numbered^H5608 for multitude.^H7230

13 ♥ 📝 And he lodged^H3885 there that night,^H3915 and took^H3947 of that which he had^H935 with him^H3027 a present^H4503 for Esau^H6215 his brother:^H251

14 ♥ 📝 two hundred^H3967 she-goats^H5795 and twenty^H6242 he-goats,^H8495 two hundred^H3967 ewes^H7353 and twenty^H6242 rams,^H352

15 ♥ 📝 thirty^H7970 milch^H3243 camels^H1581 and their colts,^H1121 forty^H705 cows^H6510 and ten^H6235 bulls,^H6499 twenty^H6242 she-asses^H860 and ten^H6235 foals.^H5895

16 ♥ 📝 And he delivered^H5414 them into the hand^H3027 of his servants,^H5650 every drove^H5739 by itself, and said^H559 unto his servants,^H5650 Pass over^H5674 before me,^H6440 and put^H7760 a space^H7305 betwixt^H996 drove^H5739 and^H996 drove.^H5739

17 ♥ 📝 And he commanded^H6680 the foremost,^H7223 saying,^H559 When Esau^H6215 my brother^H251 meeteth thee,^H6298 and asketh thee,^H7592 saying,^H559 Whose art thou? and whither goest^H3212 thou? and whose are these before^H6440 thee?

18 ♥ 📝 then thou shalt say,^H559 [They are] thy servant^H5650 Jacob's;^H3290 it is a present^H4503 sent^H7971 unto my lord^H113 Esau:^H6215 and, behold, he also is behind us.^H310

19 ♥ 📝 And he^H6680 commanded also^H1571 the second,^H8145 and the third,^H7992 and all that followed^H1980 the droves,^H5739 saying,^H559 On this manner^H1697 shall ye speak^H1696 unto Esau,^H6215 when ye find^H4672 him;

20 ♥ 📝 and ye^H559 shall say, Moreover,^H1571 behold, thy servant^H5650 Jacob^H3290 is behind us.^H310 For he said,^H559 I will appease^H3722 him^H6440 with the present^H4503 that goeth^H1980 before me,^H6440 and afterward^H310 I will see^H7200 his face;^H6440 peradventure he will accept^H5375 me.^H6440

21 ♥ 📝 So^H5674 the present^H4503 passed over^H5674 before him:^H6440 and he himself lodged^H3885 that night^H3915 in the company.^H4264

22 ♥ 📝 And he rose up^H6965 that night,^H3915 and took^H3947 his two^H8147 wives,^H802 and his two^H8147 handmaids,^H8198 and his eleven^H6240 children,^H3206 and passed over^H5674 the ford^H4569 of the Jabbok.^H2999

23 ♥ 📝 And he took them,^H3947 and sent them over^H5674 the stream,^H5158 and sent over^H5674 that which he had.

24 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 was left^H3498 alone; and there wrestled^H79 a man^H376 with him until the breaking^H5927 of the day.^H7837

25 ♥ 📝 And when he saw^H7200 that he prevailed^H3201 not against him, he touched^H5060 the hollow of his thigh;^H3409 and the hollow^H3709 of Jacob's^H3290 thigh^H3409 was strained,^H3363 as he wrestled^H79 with him.

26 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Let me go,^H7971 for the day^H7837 breaketh.^H5927 And he said,^H559 I will not let thee go,^H7971 except^H518 thou bless^H1288 me.

27 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto him, What is thy name?^H8034 And he said,^H559 Jacob.^H3290

28 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Thy name^H8034 shall be called^H559 no more Jacob,^H3290 but Israel:^H3478 for thou hast striven^H8280 with God^H430 and with men,^H582 and hast prevailed.^H3201

29 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 asked^H7592 him, and said,^H559 Tell^H5046 me, I pray thee, thy name.^H8034 And he said,^H559 Wherefore is it^H2088 that thou dost ask^H7592 after my name?^H8034 And he blessed^H1288 him there.

30 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 called^H7121 the name^H8034 of the place^H4725 Peniel:^H6439 for, [said he], I have seen^H7200 God^H430 face^H6440 to face,^H6440 and my life^H5315 is preserved.^H5337

31 ♥ 📝 And the sun^H8121 rose^H2224 upon him as he passed over^H5674 Penuel,^H6439 and he limped^H6760 upon his thigh.^H3409

32 ♥ 📝 Therefore the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 eat^H398 not the sinew^H1517 of the hip^H5384 which is upon the hollow^H3709 of the thigh,^H3409 unto this day:^H3117 because he touched^H5060 the hollow^H3709 of Jacob's^H3290 thigh^H3409 in the sinew^H1517 of the hip.^H5384