Genesis 32
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Een geschenk voor Esau
32 Jakob en zijn metgezellen trokken verder. En engelen van God ontmoetten hem. 2 Toen Jakob hen zag, riep hij: ‘Dat is een leger van God!’ 3 Daarom noemde hij die plaats Machanaïm (Twee Legers). Jakob zond daarna boodschappers voor zich uit naar zijn broer Esau in Edom, in het land Seïr. 4 Zij kregen de boodschap mee: ‘Ik ben uw knecht Jakob. Ik heb tot voor kort bij oom Laban gewoond en nu ik terugkom, heb ik runderen, ezels, schapen en veel dienaren en dienaressen. 5 Ik stuur deze boodschappers naar u toe om u te zeggen dat ik er aan kom. Ik hoop dat u ons vriendelijk zult ontvangen.’
6 De boodschappers keerden na enige tijd terug met het nieuws dat Esau hen tegemoet kwam met een leger van vierhonderd man! 7 Jakob verbleekte van schrik. Hij deelde zijn huishouden met de kudde en de kamelen in twee groepen en zei: 8 ‘Als Esau de ene groep aanvalt, kan de andere groep misschien ontsnappen.’
9,10 Toen bad Jakob: ‘God van mijn grootvader Abraham en mijn vader Isaak, Here, die mij heeft gezegd dat ik moest teruggaan naar het land van mijn familie en die beloofde goed voor mij te zijn—ik ben het niet waard dat U mij zoveel goedheid hebt bewezen, steeds weer, zoals U had beloofd. Toen ik van huis vertrok, had ik alleen maar een staf en nu heb ik twee legers! 11 Och Here, bescherm mij nu ook tegen mijn broer Esau, want ik ben bang. Bang dat hij mij en deze moeders en hun kinderen komt doden. 12 Maar U hebt mij beloofd goed voor mij te zijn en mijn nakomelingen talrijk te maken als het zand langs de zee!’
13 Jakob bleef daar die nacht en maakte een geschenk voor zijn broer Esau klaar, 14 dat bestond uit tweehonderd geiten, twintig bokken, tweehonderd ooien, twintig rammen, 15 dertig zogende kamelen met hun veulens, veertig koeien, tien stieren, twintig ezelinnen en tien ezels. 16 Jakob gaf zijn dienaren de opdracht de dieren voor hen uit te leiden, elke groep apart, met tussenruimtes. 17 Hij zei de mannen die de eerste groep moesten leiden, dat als zij Esau tegenkwamen en hij zou vragen: ‘Waar gaan jullie heen?’, ‘Wiens dienaren zijn jullie?’, ‘Wiens dieren zijn dit?’, 18 zij zouden moeten antwoorden: ‘Deze dieren zijn van uw dienaar Jakob. Zij zijn een geschenk voor zijn meester Esau! Hij komt vlak achter ons aan!’ 19 Die opdracht gaf Jakob aan iedere herder, met dezelfde boodschap. 20 Jakob hoopte Esau gunstig te stemmen, voordat hij hem ontmoette. ‘Misschien,’ redeneerde Jakob, ‘zal hij ons dan vriendelijk behandelen.’
21 Zo werd het vee vooruit gedreven en Jakob bleef die nacht in het kamp.
Jakob krijgt een nieuwe naam
22 Maar midden in de nacht stond hij op, wekte zijn twee vrouwen, de twee bijvrouwen en de elf kinderen en trok bij een doorwaadbare plaats het riviertje de Jabbok over. 23 Toen ging hij alleen terug naar het kamp. 24 En daar vocht Iemand met hem tot het dag werd. 25 En toen de Ander merkte dat Hij het gevecht niet kon winnen, sloeg Hij Jakob op de heup zodat het gewricht uit de kom schoot. 26 Toen zei de Ander: ‘Laat Mij los, want het wordt dag.’ Maar Jakob hijgde: ‘Ik laat U niet los, voordat U mij hebt gezegend.’ 27 ‘Hoe heet u?’ vroeg de Ander. ‘Jakob,’ was het antwoord. 28 ‘Zo zult u niet langer heten,’ vertelde de Ander hem. ‘Voortaan heet u Israël, want u hebt met God en de mensen gestreden en overwonnen.’ 29 Toen vroeg Jakob de Ander: ‘Wat is uw naam?’ ‘Dat moet u niet vragen,’ antwoordde de Ander. En Hij zegende Jakob daar.
30 Jakob noemde die plaats Peniël (Het Gezicht van God) en zei: ‘Ik heb God recht in de ogen gekeken en toch is mijn leven gespaard.’ 31 De zon was al op, toen Jakob Peniël verliet. Hij liep mank door de klap op zijn heup. 32 Dit is de reden waarom de Israëlieten nog steeds niet het stuk van de heupspier eten, die de heup rekt.
Genesi 32
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32 Giacobbe continuò il suo cammino e gli vennero incontro degli angeli di Dio. 2 Come Giacobbe li vide, disse: «Questo è l’esercito di Dio». E chiamò quel luogo Maanaim[a].
3 Giacobbe mandò davanti a sé dei messaggeri a Esaù suo fratello, nel paese di Seir, nella campagna di Edom. 4 E diede loro quest’ordine: «Direte queste cose a Esaù mio signore: “Così dice il tuo servo Giacobbe: Io ho abitato presso Labano e vi sono rimasto fino ad ora; 5 ho buoi, asini, pecore, servi e serve; lo mando a dire al mio signore, per trovare grazia ai tuoi occhi”».
6 I messaggeri tornarono da Giacobbe, dicendo: «Siamo andati da tuo fratello Esaù ed eccolo che ti viene incontro con quattrocento uomini». 7 Allora Giacobbe fu preso da gran paura e angoscia, divise in due schiere la gente, le greggi, gli armenti, i cammelli che erano con lui e disse: 8 «Se Esaù viene contro una delle schiere[b] e la batte, l’altra che rimane potrà salvarsi».
9 (A)Poi Giacobbe disse: «O Dio di Abraamo mio padre, Dio di mio padre Isacco! O Signore, che mi dicesti: “Torna al tuo paese, dai tuoi parenti, e ti farò del bene”, 10 io sono troppo piccolo per essere degno di tutta la benevolenza che hai usata e di tutta la fedeltà che hai dimostrata al tuo servo; perché quando passai questo Giordano avevo solo il mio bastone, e ora ho due schiere[c]. 11 Liberami, ti prego, dalle mani di mio fratello, dalle mani di Esaù, perché io ho paura di lui e temo che venga e mi assalga, non risparmiando né madre né figli. 12 Tu dicesti: “Certo, io ti farò del bene e farò diventare la tua discendenza come la sabbia del mare, tanto numerosa che non la si può contare”».
13 (B)Egli rimase là quella notte; e di ciò che possedeva prese di che fare un dono a suo fratello Esaù: 14 duecento capre e venti becchi, duecento pecore e venti montoni, 15 trenta cammelle che allattavano e i loro piccoli, quaranta vacche e dieci tori, venti asine e dieci puledri. 16 Li consegnò ai suoi servi, gregge per gregge separatamente, e disse ai suoi servi: «Passate davanti a me e lasciate qualche intervallo tra gregge e gregge». 17 E diede quest’ordine al primo: «Quando mio fratello Esaù t’incontrerà e ti chiederà: “Di chi sei? Dove vai? A chi appartiene questo gregge che va davanti a te?”, 18 tu risponderai: “Al tuo servo Giacobbe; è un dono inviato al mio signore Esaù: ecco, egli stesso viene dietro di noi”». 19 Diede lo stesso ordine al secondo, al terzo e a tutti quelli che seguivano le greggi, dicendo: «In questo modo parlerete a Esaù, quando lo troverete, 20 e direte: “Ecco il tuo servo Giacobbe; egli stesso viene dietro a noi”». Perché diceva: «Io lo placherò con il dono che mi precede e dopo soltanto mi presenterò a lui; forse mi farà buona accoglienza». 21 Così il dono andò davanti a lui ed egli passò la notte nell’accampamento.
22 Quella notte si alzò, prese le sue due mogli, le sue due serve, i suoi undici figli e passò il guado dello Iabboc. 23 Li prese, fece loro passare il torrente e lo fece passare a tutto quello che possedeva.
Lotta di Giacobbe con l’angelo a Peniel
24 (C)Giacobbe rimase solo e un uomo lottò con lui fino all’apparire dell’alba; 25 quando quest’uomo vide che non poteva vincerlo, gli toccò la giuntura dell’anca, e la giuntura dell’anca di Giacobbe fu slogata, mentre quello lottava con lui. 26 E l’uomo disse: «Lasciami andare, perché spunta l’alba». E Giacobbe: «Non ti lascerò andare prima che tu mi abbia benedetto!» 27 L’altro gli disse: «Qual è il tuo nome?» Ed egli rispose: «Giacobbe». 28 Quello disse: «Il tuo nome non sarà più Giacobbe, ma Israele[d], perché tu hai lottato con Dio e con gli uomini e hai vinto». 29 Giacobbe gli chiese: «Ti prego, svelami il tuo nome». Quello rispose: «Perché chiedi il mio nome?» 30 E lo benedisse lì. Giacobbe chiamò quel luogo Peniel[e], perché disse: «Ho visto Dio faccia a faccia e la mia vita è stata risparmiata». 31 Il sole si levò quando egli ebbe passato Peniel; e Giacobbe zoppicava dall’anca. 32 Per questo, fino al giorno d’oggi, gli Israeliti non mangiano il nervo della coscia che passa per la giuntura dell’anca, perché quell’uomo aveva toccato la giuntura dell’anca di Giacobbe, al punto del nervo della coscia.
Footnotes
- Genesi 32:2 Maanaim, lett. due eserciti oppure due accampamenti.
- Genesi 32:8 Vd. Ge 32:2.
- Genesi 32:10 Vd. nota al v. 2.
- Genesi 32:28 Israele, lett. colui che lotta con Dio.
- Genesi 32:30 Peniel, lett. faccia di Dio.
Genesis 32
New International Version
Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
32 [a]Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God(A) met him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!”(B) So he named that place Mahanaim.[b](C)
3 Jacob sent messengers(D) ahead of him to his brother Esau(E) in the land of Seir,(F) the country of Edom.(G) 4 He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord(H) Esau: ‘Your servant(I) Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban(J) and have remained there till now. 5 I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants.(K) Now I am sending this message to my lord,(L) that I may find favor in your eyes.(M)’”
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”(N)
7 In great fear(O) and distress(P) Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups,[c](Q) and the flocks and herds and camels as well. 8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group,[d] the group[e] that is left may escape.”
9 Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham,(R) God of my father Isaac,(S) Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’(T) 10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness(U) you have shown your servant. I had only my staff(V) when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.(W) 11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid(X) he will come and attack me,(Y) and also the mothers with their children.(Z) 12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(AA) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(AB)’”
13 He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift(AC) for his brother Esau: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,(AD) 15 thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.(AE) 16 He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”(AF)
17 He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’ 18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant(AG) Jacob. They are a gift(AH) sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’”
19 He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. 20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant(AI) Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts(AJ) I am sending on ahead;(AK) later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”(AL) 21 So Jacob’s gifts(AM) went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
Jacob Wrestles With God
22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons(AN) and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.(AO) 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.(AP) 24 So Jacob was left alone,(AQ) and a man(AR) wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip(AS) so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”(AT)
27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”
“Jacob,”(AU) he answered.
28 Then the man said, “Your name(AV) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[f](AW) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(AX)
29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”(AY)
But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”(AZ) Then he blessed(BA) him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[g] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(BB) and yet my life was spared.”
31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,[h](BC) and he was limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip,(BD) because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:1 In Hebrew texts 32:1-32 is numbered 32:2-33.
- Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.
- Genesis 32:7 Or camps
- Genesis 32:8 Or camp
- Genesis 32:8 Or camp
- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
- Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
- Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
Genesis 32
King James Version
32 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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