Genesis 32:13-32

New King James Version

¹³ So he lodged there that same night, and took what ^[a]came to his hand as ^(A)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 with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. ¹⁶ Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put some distance between successive droves.” ¹⁷ And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going? Whose are these in front of you?’ ¹⁸ then you shall say, ‘They are your servant Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord Esau; and behold, he also is behind us.’ ” ¹⁹ So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, “In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him; ²⁰ and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will ^(B)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 went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

Wrestling with God

²² And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, ^(C)and crossed over the ford of Jabbok. ²³ He took them, sent them ^[b]over the brook, and sent over what he had. ²⁴ Then Jacob was left alone; and ^(D)a Man wrestled with him until the ^[c]breaking of day. ²⁵ Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He ^[d]touched the socket of his hip; and ^(E)the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. ²⁶ And ^(F)He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”

But he said, ^(G)“I will not let You go unless You bless me!”

²⁷ So He said to him, “What is your name?”

He said, “Jacob.”

²⁸ And He said, ^(H)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but ^[e]Israel; for you have ^(I)struggled with God and ^(J)with men, and have prevailed.”

²⁹ Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.”

And He said, ^(K)“Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He ^(L)blessed him there.

³⁰ So Jacob called the name of the place ^[f]Peniel: “For ^(M)I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” ³¹ Just as he crossed over ^[g]Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip. ³² Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He ^[h]touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank.