Génesis 32
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Jacob y Esaú se encuentran
32 (2) Jacob siguió su camino, y unos ángeles de Dios le salieron al encuentro. 2 (3) Cuando Jacob los vio, dijo: «Éste es un ejército de Dios.» Por eso llamó Mahanaim a aquel lugar.
3 (4) Jacob envió unos mensajeros a la tierra de Seír, que es la región de Edom, para anunciarle su llegada a su hermano Esaú, 4 (5) y les dio este mensaje: «Díganle a mi hermano Esaú: “Su hermano Jacob se pone a sus órdenes, y le manda a decir: He vivido con Labán todo este tiempo, 5 (6) y tengo vacas, asnos, ovejas, esclavos y esclavas. Envío este mensaje a mi señor, esperando ganarme su buena voluntad.”»
6 (7) Cuando los mensajeros regresaron, le dijeron a Jacob:
—Fuimos a ver a su hermano Esaú, y ya viene él mismo para recibirlo a usted, acompañado de cuatrocientos hombres.
7 (8) Al oír esto, Jacob tuvo mucho miedo y se quedó muy preocupado. Dividió entonces en dos grupos la gente que estaba con él, y también las ovejas, vacas y camellos, 8 (9) pues pensó: «Si Esaú viene contra un grupo y lo ataca, el otro grupo podrá escapar.» 9 (10) Luego comenzó a orar: «Señor, Dios de mi abuelo Abraham y de mi padre Isaac, que me dijiste que regresara a mi tierra y a mis parientes, y que harías que me fuera bien: 10 (11) no merezco la bondad y fidelidad con que me has tratado. Yo crucé este río Jordán sin llevar nada más que mi bastón, y ahora he llegado a tener dos campamentos. 11 (12) ¡Por favor, sálvame de las manos de mi hermano Esaú! Tengo miedo de que venga a atacarme y mate a las mujeres y a los niños. 12 (13) Tú has dicho claramente que harás que me vaya bien, y que mis descendientes serán tan numerosos como los granitos de arena del mar, que no se pueden contar.»
13 (14) Aquella noche Jacob durmió allí, y de lo que tenía a la mano escogió regalos para su hermano Esaú: 14 (15) doscientas cabras, veinte chivos, doscientas ovejas, veinte carneros, 15 (16) treinta camellas recién paridas, con sus crías, cuarenta vacas, diez novillos, veinte asnas y diez asnos. 16 (17) Luego les entregó a sus siervos cada manada por separado, y les dijo:
—Adelántense, y guarden alguna distancia entre manada y manada.
17 (18) Al primero que envió, le ordenó:
—Cuando te encuentre mi hermano Esaú, y te pregunte quién es tu amo, a dónde vas y de quién son los animales que llevas, 18 (19) contéstale: “Es un regalo para usted, mi señor Esaú, de parte de Jacob, su servidor. Por cierto que él mismo viene detrás de nosotros.”
19 (20) También al segundo que envió, y al tercero, y a todos los que llevaban las manadas, les dijo:
—Cuando encuentren a Esaú, díganle lo mismo, 20 (21) y díganle también: “Jacob, su servidor, viene detrás de nosotros.”
Y es que Jacob pensaba: «Voy a calmar su enojo con los regalos que le envío por delante, y luego lo veré personalmente. Tal vez así me recibirá bien.» 21 (22) Así, pues, los regalos se fueron antes, y él se quedó a pasar la noche en su campamento.
Jacob lucha con un ángel
22 (23) Aquella misma noche Jacob se levantó, tomó a sus dos esposas, sus dos esclavas y sus once hijos, y los hizo cruzar el vado del río Jaboc, 23 (24) junto con todo lo que tenía. 24 (25) Cuando Jacob se quedó solo, un hombre luchó con él hasta que amaneció; 25 (26) pero como el hombre vio que no podía vencer a Jacob, lo golpeó en la coyuntura de la cadera, y esa parte se le zafó a Jacob mientras luchaba con él. 26 (27) Entonces el hombre le dijo:
—Suéltame, porque ya está amaneciendo.
—Si no me bendices, no te soltaré —contestó Jacob.
27 (28) —¿Cómo te llamas? —preguntó aquel hombre.
—Me llamo Jacob —respondió él.
28 (29) Entonces el hombre le dijo:
—Ya no te llamarás Jacob. Tu nombre será Israel, porque has luchado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido.
29 (30) —Ahora dime cómo te llamas tú —preguntó Jacob.
Pero el hombre contestó:
—¿Para qué me preguntas mi nombre?
Luego el hombre lo bendijo allí mismo. 30 (31) Y Jacob llamó a aquel lugar Penuel, porque dijo: «He visto a Dios cara a cara, y sin embargo todavía estoy vivo.»
31 (32) Ya Jacob estaba pasando de Penuel cuando el sol salió; pero debido a su cadera, iba cojeando. 32 (33) Por eso hasta el día de hoy los descendientes de Israel no comen el tendón que está en la coyuntura de la cadera, porque Jacob fue golpeado en esa parte.
Genesis 32
English Standard Version
Jacob Fears Esau
32 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's (A)camp!” So he called the name of that place (B)Mahanaim.[a]
3 And Jacob sent[b] messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of (C)Seir, the country of Edom, 4 instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now. 5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that (D)I may find favor in your sight.’”
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and (E)he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.” 7 Then Jacob was (F)greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps, 8 thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”
9 And Jacob said, (G)“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who (H)said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 (I)I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for (J)I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. 12 But (K)you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”
13 So he stayed there that night, and from what he had with him he took (L)a present for his brother Esau, 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. 16 These he handed over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.” 17 He instructed the first, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these ahead of you?’ 18 then you shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.’” 19 He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him, 20 and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him[c] with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”[d] 21 So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
Jacob Wrestles with God
22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,[e] and crossed the ford of the (M)Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And (N)a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, (O)“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, (P)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[f] for (Q)you have striven with God and (R)with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, (S)“Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,[g] saying, “For (T)I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed (U)Penuel, limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps
- Genesis 32:3 Or had sent
- Genesis 32:20 Hebrew appease his face
- Genesis 32:20 Hebrew he will lift my face
- Genesis 32:22 Or sons
- Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
- Genesis 32:30 Peniel means the face of God
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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