{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":32,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/31","next":"genesis/33","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.","f":[],"h":"Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"When [Jacob] saw them, [he] said,“ This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.","f":["Mahanaim means two camps."]},{"v":3,"t":"Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"He instructed them,“ You are to say to my master Esau,‘ Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said,“ We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you — he and four hundred men with him.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"He thought,“ If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"Then Jacob declared,“ O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me,‘ Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children [with me].","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"But You have said,‘ I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"[Jacob] spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"200 female goats,20 male goats,200 ewes,20 rams,","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"30 milk camels with their young,40 cows,10 bulls,20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them,“ Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"He instructed the one in the lead,“ When my brother Esau meets you and asks,‘ To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"then you are to say,‘ They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, [Jacob] is behind us.’”","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds:“ When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"You are also to say,‘ Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought,“ I will appease [Esau] with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”","f":["Or I will appease his face","Literally perhaps he will lift up my face"]},{"v":21,"t":"So [Jacob’s] gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.","f":[],"h":"Jacob Wrestles with God","style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"So Jacob was left all alone, and [there] a man wrestled with him until daybreak.","f":["Or Man; here and in verses 25–28; corresponding pronouns may also be capitalized"],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"When the man saw that he could not overpower [Jacob], he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated [it] as they wrestled.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"Then [the man] said,“ Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied,“ I will not let you go unless you bless me.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Then [the man] said,“ Let me go, for it is daybreak.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"But Jacob replied,“ I will not let you go unless you bless me.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"“ What is your name?” the man asked.“ Jacob,” he replied.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ What is your name?” the man asked."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ Jacob,” he replied."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"Then [the man] said,“ Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”","f":["Jacob means he grasps the heel or he deceives.","Israel means he struggles with God."],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"And Jacob requested,“ Please tell me your name.” But he replied,“ Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed [Jacob] there.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And Jacob requested,“ Please tell me your name.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"But he replied,“ Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed [Jacob] there."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":30,"t":"So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”","f":["Peniel means the face of God."],"style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.","f":["Penuel is a variant of Peniel; see verse 30."],"style":"reg"},{"v":32,"t":"Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.","f":[]}]}