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2 And Jacob went◦ on his way, and the angels of God came··upon him.
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3 And Jacob said when▵ he saw them, This is the camp of God; and he called the name of that◦ place Mahanaim*.
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4 And Jacob sent messengers before him, to▵ Esau his brother to▫ the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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9 And he said, If Esau come to▵ the one camp and smite it, then there will be a camp left to escape◦.
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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;
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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.
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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*.
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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.
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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:
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15 two··hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats▫, two··hundred ewes and twenty rams;
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16 the nursing camels and their young◦ were thirty; forty she··calves and ten bullocks, twenty she··donkeys and ten colts.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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22 And the gift··offering passed··on before him, and in that◦ night he◦ lodged in the camp.
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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.
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24 And he took them, and caused them to cross··over the brook, and caused to pass what he had.
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25 And Jacob remained alone, and a man◦ wrestled with him until the dawn came··up.
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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.
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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.
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28 And he said to▵ him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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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◦.
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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.
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31 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for I have seen God faces to▵ faces, and my soul is rescued.
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32 And the sun rose◦ to him as◦ he crossed··over Penuel, and he◦ limped upon his thigh.
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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.
