Genesis 3232GenesisIsaac and JacobThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau

2. 1ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov went on his derech, and the malachim of Elohim met him.BSBBSB: Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
3. 2ENGOJBAnd when Ya'akov saw them, he said, This is Mahaneh Elohim; and he called the shem of that makom (place) Machanayim.BSBBSB: When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
4. 3ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov sent malachim before him to Esav achiv unto Eretz Se'ir, the country of Edom.BSBBSB: Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
5. 4ENGOJBAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto adoni Esav; Thy eved Ya'akov saith thus, I have sojourned with Lavan, and stayed there until now;BSBBSB: 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.
6. 5ENGOJBAnd I have shor (oxen), and chamor, tzon, and eved, and shifchah; and I have sent to tell adoni, that I may find chen (grace) in thy sight.BSBBSB: 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.’”
7. 6ENGOJBAnd the malachim returned to Ya'akov, saying, We came to Esav achicha, and also he cometh to meet thee, and arba me'ot ish with him.BSBBSB: 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.”
8. 7ENGOJBThen Ya'akov was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided HaAm that was with him, and the tzon, and bakar, and the gemalim, into two machanot;BSBBSB: In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
9. 8ENGOJBAnd said, If Esav come to the one machaneh, and attack it, then the other machaneh which is left shall escape.BSBBSB: He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
10. 9ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov said, O Elohei Avi Avraham, and Elohei Avi Yitzchak, Hashem which saidst unto me, Shuv l'aretzecha and to thy moledet (kindred), and I will deal well with thee;BSBBSB: 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,’
11. 10ENGOJBI am not worthy of the least of all the chasadim, and of all the emes, which Thou hast showed unto Thy eved; for with my makal (rod, staff) I passed over this Yarden; and now I am become two machanot.BSBBSB: 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.
12. 11ENGOJBSave me, now, from the yad achi, from the yad Esav; for I fear him, lest he will come and attack me, em with banim.BSBBSB: 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.
13. 12ENGOJBBut Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy zera as the chol of the yam, which cannot be numbered for multitude.BSBBSB: 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.’”
14. 13ENGOJBAnd he spent there that same night; and took of that which came to his yad a minchah for Esav achiv;BSBBSB: Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
15. 14ENGOJBTwo hundred female goats, and twenty male goats, two hundred rechelim (ewes), and twenty eilim (rams),BSBBSB: 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
16. 15ENGOJBThirty nursing gemalim with their colts, forty parot (cows), and ten parim (bulls), twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.BSBBSB: 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
17. 16ENGOJBAnd he delivered them into the yad of his avadim, every herd by itself; and said unto his avadim, Pass over before me, and keep a space between herd and herd.BSBBSB: He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
18. 17ENGOJBAnd he commanded the rishon, saying, When Esav achi meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? And to where goest thou? And whose are these animals before thee?BSBBSB: 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?’
19. 18ENGOJBThen thou shalt say, They are of thy eved Ya'akov; it is a minchah sent unto adoni Esav; and, hinei, also he is behind us.BSBBSB: 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.’”
20. 19ENGOJBAnd so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the adarim (herds), saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esav, when ye find him.BSBBSB: 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.
21. 20ENGOJBAnd say ye moreover, Hinei, thy eved Ya'akov is behind us. For he said, Akhapperah (I will appease, cover) his face with the minchah that goeth ahead of me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.BSBBSB: 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.”
22. 21ENGOJBSo went the minchah (present) over ahead of him; but he himself stayed balailah in the machaneh.BSBBSB: So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

23. Jacob Wrestles with God

24. 22ENGOJBAnd he rose up that night, and took his two nashim and his two shifchot, and his eleven yeladim, and passed over the ma'avar (ford) Yabbok.BSBBSB: 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.
25. 23ENGOJBAnd he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over all that he had.BSBBSB: He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
26. 24ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov was left by himself; and there wrestled an ish with him until the shachar (dawn, sunup).BSBBSB: So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
27. 25ENGOJBAnd when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he struck his hip socket; so Ya'akovʼs hip socket dislocated while he wrestled with him.BSBBSB: When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
28. 26ENGOJBAnd he said, Let me go, for shachar breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, unless thou make a berakhah upon me.BSBBSB: Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
29. 27ENGOJBAnd he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov.BSBBSB: “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
30. 28ENGOJBAnd he said, Shimcha shall be called no more Ya'akov, but Yisroel: for sarita im Elohim (yisrah=to prevail + El=G-d = Yisroel ye have striven with Elohim) and with anashim, and hast overcome.BSBBSB: 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.”
31. 29ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov asked him, and said, Tell me, now, shemecha. And he said, Why is it that thou dost ask after shmi? And he made a brocha upon him there.BSBBSB: And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
32. 30ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov called the shem of the makom (place) Peniel (Face of G-d): for I have seen Elohim panim el panim, and my nefesh is saved.BSBBSB: So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
33. 31ENGOJBAnd as he passed over Penuel the shemesh rose upon him, and he limped upon his hip.BSBBSB: The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
34. 32ENGOJBTherefore the Bnei Yisroel eat not of the sinew of the thigh vein (gid hanasheh, sciatic nerve) which is upon the hip socket, unto this day; because he touched the hip socket of Ya'akov in the sinew of the thigh vein.BSBBSB: 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.