^{1 2} And Jacob went^◦ on his way, and the angels of God came·​·upon him.

^{2 3} And Jacob said when^▵ he saw them, This is the camp of God; and he called the name of that^◦ place Mahanaim^*.

^{3 4} And Jacob sent messengers before him, to^▵ Esau his brother to^▫ the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

^{4 5} And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau, Thus says thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have delayed until now.

^{5 6} And I had ox and donkey, flock and manservant and handmaid; and I send to tell my lord, to find grace in thine eyes.

^{6 7} And the messengers returned to^▵ Jacob, saying, We came to^▵ thy brother, to^▵ Esau, and he even walks to meet thee, and four hundred men^◦ with him.

^{7 8} And Jacob feared exceedingly, and was·​·distressed; and he halved the people that was with^◦ him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into^◦ two camps.

^{8 9} And he said, If Esau come to^▵ the one camp and smite it, then there will be a camp left to escape^◦.

^{9 10} And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who says to^▵ me, Return to thy land, and to thy birth place, and I will do·​·well with thee;

^{10 11} I am·​·smaller than all the mercies and all the truth which Thou hast done with^◦ Thy servant; for with my stick I crossed·​·over this Jordan, and now I am in two camps.

^{11 12} Rescue me, I pray^◦, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I^▵ fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother above the sons^*.

^{12 13} And Thou^◦ saidst, Doing·​·well I will do·​·well with thee, and I will make^* thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered for multitude.

^{13 14} And in that^◦ night he passed·​·the·​·night there, and he took of that which came into his hand a gift^◦ for Esau his brother:

^{14 15} two·​·hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats^▫, two·​·hundred ewes and twenty rams;

^{15 16} the nursing camels and their young^◦ were thirty; forty she·​·calves and ten bullocks, twenty she·​·donkeys and ten colts.

^{16 17} And he gave into the hand of his servants each drove alone, and said to^▵ his servants, Pass·​·on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

^{17 18} And he commanded the first, saying, When^◦ Esau my brother encounters thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou^◦? And whither^▵ goest thou? And whose are these before thee?

^{18 19} Then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob’s; this^◦ is a gift^◦ sent to my lord Esau, and behold, he^◦ also is behind us.

^{19 20} And he commanded also the second, also the third, also all that went^◦ after the droves, saying, According·​·to this word shall you speak to^▵ Esau, when you find him.

^{20 21} And you shall also say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will make·​·atonement to his faces with a gift·​·offering that goes^◦ before me, and afterwards I will see his faces; perhaps he will accept my faces.

^{21 22} And the gift·​·offering passed·​·on before him, and in that^◦ night he^◦ lodged in the camp.

^{22 23} And he^◦ rose·​·up in the night, and took his two women, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and crossed·​·over the fords of Jabbok.

^{23 24} And he took them, and caused them to cross·​·over the brook, and caused to pass what he had.

^{24 25} And Jacob remained alone, and a man^◦ wrestled with him until the dawn came·​·up.

^{25 26} And he saw that he prevailed^◦ not over him, and he touched the hollow^◦ of his thigh, and the hollow^◦ of the thigh of Jacob was disjointed in his wrestling with him.

^{26 27} And he said, Let· me ·go^◦, for the dawn comes·​·up. And he said, I will not let· thee ·go^◦, unless^◦ thou bless me.

^{27 28} And he said to^▵ him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

^{28 29} And he said, Thy name shall no^◦ more^◦ be said to be Jacob, but^◦ Israel; for as·​·a·​·prince thou hast contended with God and with men^◦, and hast prevailed^◦.

^{29 30} And Jacob asked and said, Tell, I pray^◦, thy name. And he said, Why is this that thou dost ask as·​·to my name? And he blessed him there.

^{30 31} And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for I have seen God faces to^▵ faces, and my soul is rescued.

^{31 32} And the sun rose^◦ to him as^◦ he crossed·​·over Penuel, and he^◦ limped upon his thigh.

^{32 33} Therefore the sons of Israel eat not the sinew of that which was displaced, which is on the hollow^◦ of the thigh, even·​·to this day, for he touched in the hollow^◦ of Jacob’s thigh the sinew of that which was displaced.