Geneva BibleBerean Standard Bible

1. Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau

2. 1GNVNowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.BSBBSB: Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
3. 2GNVAnd when Iaakob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim.BSBBSB: When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
4. 3GNVThen Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:BSBBSB: Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
5. 4GNVTo whom he gaue commandement, saying, Thus shall ye speake to my lorde Esau: thy seruant Iaakob sayeth thus, I haue bene a stranger with Laban, and taried vnto this time.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. 5GNVI haue beeues also and Asses, sheepe, and men seruantes, and women seruantes, and haue sent to shew my lord, that I may find 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. 6GNVSo ye messengers came againe to Iaakob, saying, We came vnto thy brother Esau, and hee also commeth against thee and foure hundreth men 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. 7GNVThen Iaakob was greatly afraid, and was sore troubled, and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and the beeues, and the camels into two companies.BSBBSB: In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
9. 8GNVFor he said, If Esau come to ye one company and smite it, the other companie shall escape.BSBBSB: He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
10. 9GNVMoreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,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. 10GNVI am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and al the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iorden, and now haue I gotte two bads.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. 11GNVI pray thee, Deliuer me from the hande of my brother, from the hande of Esau: for I feare him, least he will come and smite me, and the mother vpon the children.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. 12GNVFor thou saydest; I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, which can not be nombred 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. 13GNVAnd he taryed there the same night, and tooke of that which came to had, a present for Esau his brother:BSBBSB: Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
15. 14GNVTwo hundreth shee goates and twenty hee goates, two hundreth ewes and twentie rammes:BSBBSB: 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
16. 15GNVThirtie mylche camels with their coltes, fourtie kine, and ten bullockes, twentie she asses and ten foles.BSBBSB: 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
17. 16GNVSo he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, and put a space betweene droue and droue.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. 17GNVAnd he commanded the formost, saying, If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, Whose seruant art thou? And whither goest thou? And whose are these 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. 18GNVThen thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iaakobs: it is a present sent vnto my lord Esau: and beholde, he him selfe also is behinde vs.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. 19GNVSo likewise commanded he the seconde and the thirde, and all that followed the droues, saying, After this maner, ye shall speake vnto Esau, when ye finde 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. 20GNVAnd ye shall say moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iaakob commeth after vs (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterwarde I will see his face: it may be that 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. 21GNVSo went the present before him: but he taried that night with the companie.BSBBSB: So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

23. Jacob Wrestles with God

24. 22GNVAnd he rose vp the same night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleuen children, and went ouer the forde Iabbok.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. 23GNVAnd he tooke them, and sent them ouer the riuer, and sent ouer that he had.BSBBSB: He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
26. 24GNVNow when Iaakob was left him selfe alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.BSBBSB: So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
27. 25GNVAnd he sawe that he could not preuaile against him: therefore he touched the holowe of his thigh, and the holowe of Iaakobs thigh was loosed, as 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. 26GNVAnd he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse 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. 27GNVThen said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob.BSBBSB: “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
30. 28GNVThen said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.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. 29GNVThen Iaakob demaded, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore now doest thou aske my name? and he blessed him thereBSBBSB: And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
32. 30GNVAnd Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.BSBBSB: So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
33. 31GNVAnd the sunne rose vp to him as he passed Peniel, and he halted vpon his thigh.BSBBSB: The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
34. 32GNVTherefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe that shranke in the hollowe of the thigh, vnto this day: because he touched the sinew that shranke in the holow of Iaakobs thigh.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.