¹ The word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah^◦ the prophet against the nations;

² for Egypt, against the host of Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt, which was by^◦ the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah^◦ king of Judah.

³ Arrange ye the shield and the buckler, and approach to the battle.

⁴ Harness the horses; and go·​·up, ye horsemen, and stand·​·forth with your helmets; scour the lances, and put on the sirons^*.

⁵ Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned·​·away backward? And their heroes are beaten·​·down, and fleeing have fled, and faced them not; for fear^◦ was all around, says^◦ Jehovah.

⁶ Let not the swift flee, nor the mighty·​·man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the hand^* of the river Euphrates.

⁷ Who is this that goes·​·up as the Nile, whose waters tumble as rivers?

⁸ Egypt goes·​·up as the Nile, and his waters tumble as the rivers; and he says, I will go·​·up, I will cover the land; I will make· the city and those who dwell in her ·perish.

⁹ Go·​·up, ye horses; and rave, ye chariots; and let the heroes go·​·forth; Kush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Lydians, who handle and bend^◦ the bow.

¹⁰ And this^◦ is the day for the Lord Jehovih^* of Armies, a day of vengeance, that He may be avenged of His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and soaked^* with their blood; for the Lord Jehovih of Armies sacrifices in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

¹¹ Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; in vain shalt thou multiply medicines; there is no cure for thee.

¹² The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy clamor has·​·filled the land; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

¹³ The word that Jehovah spoke to^▵ Jeremiah^◦ the prophet, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon would come and smite the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ Tell ye in Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and make it heard in Noph and in Taḥpanḥes; say ye, Stand·​·forth, and prepare for thyself; for the sword shall devour all around thee.

¹⁵ Wherefore are thy powerful·​·ones swept·​·away^◦? He stood not, for Jehovah did push· him ·out.

¹⁶ He made those who stumble many, yea, a man^◦ fell upon his companion; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our people, and to the land of our birth, from the faces of the afflicting^◦ sword.

¹⁷ They did call there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but an uproar; he has passed the time appointed.

¹⁸ As I am alive, says^◦ the King, whose name is Jehovah of Armies, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

¹⁹ Make for thyself vessels of exile, O daughter who dwells in Egypt; for Noph shall be for a desolation, and be kindled with fire from none dwelling there.

²⁰ Egypt is a very·​·beautiful heifer, but from the north disaster comes; it comes.

²¹ Also her hirelings are in among her as calves of the stall; for they also are faced back, and are fled away together; they did not stand, for the day of their downfall had come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

²² Her voice shall go as a serpent; for they shall go with a host, and come to her with axes^◦, as hewers of wood.

²³ They shall cut·​·off her forest, says^◦ Jehovah, for it is not searched·​·out; for they are multiplied more than the locusts, and there is no number for them.

²⁴ The daughter of Egypt shall be shamed; she shall be given into the hand of the people of the north.

²⁵ Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel, says, Behold, I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings; even^◦ Pharaoh and those who trust in him;

²⁶ and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their souls, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the ancient days, says^◦ Jehovah.

²⁷ But fear not thou, O My servant Jacob, and be· not ·dismayed, O Israel; for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be·​·quiet and be·​·at·​·ease, and none shall frighten him.

²⁸ Fear thou^◦ not, Jacob My servant, says^◦ Jehovah; for I^◦ am with^◦ thee; for I will make a complete end of all the nations whither I have expelled thee; but I will not make a complete end of thee, but chastise thee for the judgment; but rendering·​·innocent I will not render· thee ·innocent

¹ Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

² When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

³ Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

⁴ He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.

⁵ I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"

⁶ The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

⁸ and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."

⁹ Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,'

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

¹¹ Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.

¹² You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"

¹³ He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:

¹⁴ two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

¹⁵ thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

¹⁶ He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd."

¹⁷ He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'

¹⁸ Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'"

¹⁹ He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.

²⁰ You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."

²¹ So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

²² He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

²³ He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

²⁴ Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

²⁵ When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

²⁶ The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."

²⁷ He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."

²⁸ He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."

²⁹ Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.

³⁰ Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

³¹ The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

³² Therefore the children of Israel don't eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.