Genesis 3232GenesisIsaac and JacobGofa

GofaBerean Standard Bible

1. 1GOFEያይቆብ ደንድድ ባ ኦግያ ብሽን ፆሳ ኪታንቾት እያራ ጋሄትዶሶና።BSBBSB: Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2. 2GOFEያይቆብ ኤንታ በእዳ ዎደ “ሀይሳቲ ፆሳ ኦላንቾታ” ያግድ፥ ሄ በሳ ማሀናይማ (ናምኡ ጉታ) ግድ ሱንꬅስ።BSBBSB: When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
3. 3GOFEያይቆብ ኤዶመ ቢታን ሳይረ ግያ በሳን ደእያ ባ እሻ ኤሳዌኮ ኪታ ባፐ ስን ኪትስ።BSBBSB: Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4. 4GOFEእ ኤንታ፥ “ህንተ ታ ጎዳ ኤሳዌስ ጋናባይ ሀይሳ፥ ‘ታኒ ነ አይለይ ያይቆብ ሀእ ጋካናው ላባ ማታን ጋምአስ።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.
5. 5GOFEታዉ ሚዝ፥ ሀረይ፥ ዶርስነ ዴሽ፥ አደ አይለትነ ማጫ አይለት ደኦሶና። ሀእ ታኒ ሀ ኪታ ታ ጎዳ ስንꬃን ሳባ ደማንድናሻ ጋዳ ኪታስ ያግስ’ ያግተ” ያግድ ኪትስ።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.’”
6. 6GOFEኪተትዳይሳት ያይቆባኮ ስሚድ፥ “ኑኒ ነ እሻ ኤሳዌኮ ብዳ። እካ ቃስ ኔራ ጋሄታናዉ ዬስ። እያራ ኦይዱ ፄቱ አሳይ ደኦሶና” ያግዶሶና።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.”
7. 7GOFEያይቆብ ዳሮ ባብድ ባራ ደእያ አሳ ናምኡ ጩጋን ሻክስ። ባ ዶርሳ፥ ዴሻ፥ ሚዛነ ግማለታ ናምኡ ጩጋን ሻክስ።BSBBSB: In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
8. 8GOFEእ፥ “ኤሳዌይ ይድ እስ ጩጋ ኦልያባ ግድኮ፥ አትዳ ጩጋይ ከስ ኤካና” ግድ ቆፕስ።BSBBSB: He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
9. 9GOFEሄ ዎደ ያይቆብ ሀይሳዳ ያግድ ዎስስ፥ “አቤት ጎዳዉ፥ ታ አዋ አብራሃመ ፆሳዉ፥ ታ አዋ ይሳቃ ፆሳዉ፥ ታና፥ ‘ነ ቢታ፥ ነ ዳቦታኮ ስማ፥ ታኒ ነዉ ሎኦባ ኦꬃና ግዳይሶ፥ ታና ስአርክ’፥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,’
10. 10GOFEኔኒ ነ አይልያስ ኬህዳባስነ አማነተꬃ ኡባስ ታኒ በሶና አስ። ታኒ ዮርዳኖሰ ሻፋ ፕንያ ዎደ ታዉ እስ ፃምአ ፃላል ደኤስ፤ ሽን ሀእ ታኒ ናምኡ ጩጋ ጎዳ ግዳስ።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.
11. 11GOFEታኒ ነና ዎሳይስ ታ እሻ ኤሳዌ ኩሸፐ ታና አሻ። እ ይድ፥ ታናነ አየታ ኤንታ ናይታራ ꬋይሶና አገና ጋዳ ያያይስ።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.
12. 12GOFEሽን ኔኒ ታና፥ ‘ታኒ ነዉ ቱማ ሎኦባ ኦꬃና። ታኒ ነ ሼሻ ታይባናዉ ዳንዳኤቶና አባ ሻፈዳ ኦꬃና’ ግዳይሳ ቆፓ” ያግስ።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.’”
13. 13GOFEሄ ጋላስ ቃማ እ ያን አቅስ። ባዉ ደእያባ ኡባፈ ባ እሻ ኤሳዌስ እማናባ ቆርድ ከስስ።BSBBSB: Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
14. 14GOFEእ፥ ናምኡ ፄቱ ማጫ ዴሻታነ ላታሙ ዴሻ ማራዘታ፥ ናምኡ ፄቱ ማጫ ዶርሳታነ ላታሙ ዶርሳ ማራዘታ፥ ሀስታሙ ꬋንꬅያ ግማለታ ኤንታ ማራታራ፥ ኦይታሙ ማጫ ሚዛታ፥ ታሙ ኮርማ ቦራታ፥ ላታሙ ማጫ ሀረታነ ታሙ አደ ሀረታ ቆርድ ከስስ።BSBBSB: 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
15. 16GOFEሄሳታ ዉደን ዉደን ሻክድ ባ አይለታስ እምድ፥ “ታፐ ስን ብድ ዉድያ ዉድያፐ ሃሆን ሃሆን ላግተ” ያግስ።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.”
16. 17GOFEስንꬃን ካለይሳ፥ “ታ እሻይ ኤሳዌይ ኔራ ጋሄትድ፥ ‘ኔኒ ኦደሴ? ኔኒ አዉ ባይ? ነ ስንꬃን ደእያ መሄ ኡባይ ኦደባዬ?’ ያግድ ኦይችኮ፥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?’
17. 18GOFEነ እያኮ፥ ‘ሀይሳቲ ነ አይልያ ያይቆባሳ፥ እ ታ ጎዳ ኤሳዌስ እማናዉ የድዳይሳታ። እካ ኑፐ ጉየራ ዬስ’ ያጋ” ያግድ ኪትስ።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.’”
18. 19GOFEቃስ ናምአንꬁዋ፥ ሄꬓንꬁዋነ ዉድያ ካልያ ሀራታ ኡባ፥ “ህንተ ኤሳዌራ ጋሄትያ ዎደ ሀይሳዳ ጌታ፤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.
19. 20GOFE‘ነ አይልያ ያይቆብ ኑፐ ጉየራ ዬስ’ ጎና አጎፍተ” ያግድ ኪትስ። እ፥ “ታኒ እማናዉ ስን የድዳይሳን እያ እርፅሳና። ኦን ኤር ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ታኒ እያራ ጋሄትያ ዎደ እ ታና ሞክ ኤካና” ያግድ ቆፕስ።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.”
20. 21GOFEሄሳ ግሾ፥ ባ እማናባ ባፐ ስን የድስ። ሽን እ ባ ሁጰን ሄ ጋላስ ቃማ ያን አቅስ።BSBBSB: So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
21. 22GOFEሄ ቃማ ያይቆብ ደንድድ፥ ባ ናምኡ ማቸታ፥ ባ ናምኡ አይለታ፥ ባ ናይታ ታማነ እሶታ ኤክድ፥ ያቦቃ ሻፋ ፕንስ።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.
22. 23GOFEእ ኤንታ ሻፋ ፕንꬅ ስሚድ ባዉ ደእያባ ኡባ ፕንꬅድ የድስ።BSBBSB: He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
23. 24GOFEሽን ያይቆብ ባርካ ጉየ አትስ። ሄ ዎደ እስ አስ ሳእ ዎንታና ጋካናስ እያራ ባፀትሸ አቅስ።BSBBSB: So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
24. 25GOFEሄ ኡራይ እያ ፆናናዉ ዳንዳኦናይሳ በእዳ ዎደ ያይቆባስ ቡልፅያ መቀꬃ ቦችን፥ እያ ቡልፀይ ከሱዋፐ ከይስ።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.
25. 26GOFEያትን ኡራይ እያ፥ “ሳእ ዎንታና ሀንያ ግሾ፥ ታና የዳ” ያግስ። ሽን ያይቆብ፥ “ኔኒ ታና አንጆና ነና የድከ” ያግስ።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.”
26. 27GOFEኡራይ፥ “ነ ሱንꬃይ ኦኔ?” ያግድ ኦይችስ። እ ዛሪድ፥ “ያይቆባ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
27. 28GOFEኡራይ፥ “ኔኒ ፆሳራነ አሳራ ባፀታዳ ፆንዳ ግሾ፥ ህዛፐ ነ ሱንꬃይ ያይቆባ ጌተቶፎ፥ እስራኤለ (ፆሳራ ባፀትስ) ጌተቶ” ያግስ።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.”
28. 29GOFEያይቆብ ኡራ፥ “ነ ሱንꬃይ ኦኔ?” ያግድ ኦይችስ። ሽን ኡራይ፥ “ኔኒ ታ ሱንꬃ አይስ ኦይቻይ?” ያግድ እያ አንጅስ።BSBBSB: And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
29. 30GOFEሄሳ ግሾ፥ ያይቆብ፥ “ታኒ ፆሳ ሶምኦን በአስ ሽን ፓፃ ደአይስ” ያግድ፥ ሄ በሳ ጵንኤላ (ፆሳ ሶምኦ) ግድ ሱንꬅስ።BSBBSB: So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
30. 31GOFEእ ጵንኤላፐ ደንድያ ዎደ እያ ቦላ ፃልቀይ ዶልስ። እያ ቡልፀ ከሳይ ሳክያ ግሾ ዶጌስ።BSBBSB: The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
31. 32GOFEያይቆባ ቡልፀይ ዎድረ አሹዋ ማታን ቦሸትዳ ግሾ፥ እስራኤለ አሳይ መሄስ ቡልፀ አሾ ሀች ጋካናዉ ሞኮና።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.