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Génesis 32
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Génesis 32
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Jacob envía mensajeros a Esaú
32 Jacob también siguió su camino, pero unos ángeles de Dios salieron a su encuentro. 2 Al verlos, exclamó: «¡Este es el campamento de Dios!». Por eso llamó a ese lugar Majanayin.[a]
3 Luego Jacob envió mensajeros a su hermano Esaú, que estaba en la tierra de Seír, en la región de Edom. 4 Y ordenó que le dijeran: «Mi señor Esaú, su siervo Jacob nos ha enviado a decirle que él ha vivido en la casa de Labán todo este tiempo 5 y que ahora tiene vacas, asnos, ovejas, esclavos y esclavas. Le manda este mensaje con la esperanza de ganarse su favor».
6 Cuando los mensajeros regresaron, dijeron a Jacob: «Fuimos a hablar con su hermano Esaú y ahora viene a su encuentro acompañado de cuatrocientos hombres».
7 Jacob sintió miedo y se angustió muchísimo. Por eso dividió en dos grupos a la gente que lo acompañaba, y lo mismo hizo con las ovejas, las vacas y los camellos, 8 pues pensó: «Si Esaú ataca a un grupo, el otro grupo podrá escapar».
9 Entonces Jacob se puso 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 me harías prosperar: 10 realmente yo, tu siervo, no soy digno de la bondad y fidelidad con que me has privilegiado. Cuando crucé este río Jordán, no tenía más que mi bastón; pero ahora he llegado a formar dos campamentos. 11 ¡Líbrame del poder de mi hermano Esaú, pues tengo miedo de que venga a matarme a mí y a las madres y a los niños! 12 Tú mismo afirmaste que me harías prosperar y que mis descendientes serían tan numerosos como la arena del mar, que no se puede contar».
13 Jacob pasó la noche en aquel lugar y de lo que tenía consigo escogió, como regalo para su hermano Esaú, 14 doscientas cabras, veinte chivos, doscientas ovejas, veinte carneros, 15 treinta camellas con sus crías, cuarenta vacas, diez novillos, veinte asnas y diez asnos. 16 Luego los puso a cargo de sus siervos, cada manada por separado, y dijo: «Vayan adelante, pero dejen un buen espacio entre manada y manada».
17 Entonces ordenó al que iba al frente: «Cuando te encuentres con mi hermano Esaú y te pregunte de quién eres, a dónde te diriges y de quién es el ganado que llevas, 18 contestarás: “Es un regalo para usted, mi señor Esaú, que de sus ganados le manda su siervo Jacob. Además, él mismo viene detrás de nosotros”».
19 Jacob dio la misma orden al segundo y al tercer grupo, y a todos los demás que iban detrás del ganado. Les dijo: «Cuando se encuentren con Esaú, le dirán todo esto 20 y añadirán: “Su siervo Jacob viene detrás de nosotros”».
Jacob pensaba: «Lo apaciguaré con los regalos que le llegarán primero, y luego me presentaré ante él; tal vez así me reciba bien». 21 De esta manera los regalos lo precedieron, pero Jacob se quedó esa noche en el campamento.
Jacob lucha con Dios
22 Aquella misma noche Jacob se levantó, tomó a sus dos esposas, a sus dos esclavas, a sus once hijos y cruzó el río Jaboc. 23 Una vez que lo habían cruzado, hizo pasar también todas sus posesiones, 24 quedándose solo. Entonces un hombre luchó con él hasta el amanecer. 25 Cuando este se dio cuenta de que no podía vencer a Jacob, lo tocó en la coyuntura de la cadera y esta se le dislocó mientras luchaban. 26 Entonces dijo:
—¡Suéltame, que ya está por amanecer!
—¡No te soltaré hasta que me bendigas! —respondió Jacob.
27 —¿Cómo te llamas? —le preguntó el hombre.
—Me llamo Jacob —respondió.
28 Entonces le dijo:
—Ya no te llamarás Jacob, sino Israel,[b] porque has luchado con Dios y con los hombres y has vencido.
29 —Y tú, ¿cómo te llamas? —preguntó Jacob.
Él respondió:
—¿Por qué preguntas cómo me llamo?
Y en ese mismo lugar lo bendijo. 30 Jacob llamó a ese lugar Peniel,[c] porque dijo: «He visto a Dios cara a cara y todavía sigo con vida».
31 Cruzaba Jacob por el lugar llamado Peniel, cuando salió el sol. A causa de su cadera dislocada iba cojeando. 32 Por esta razón los israelitas no comen el tendón que está en la articulación de la cadera, porque a Jacob se le tocó en dicho tendón.
Genesis 32
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Genesis 32
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Preparing to Meet Esau
32 Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.(A) 2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.[a](B)
3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the territory of Edom. 4 He commanded them, “You are to say to my lord Esau, ‘This is what your servant Jacob says. I have been staying with Laban and have been delayed until now. 5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female slaves. I have sent this message to inform my lord, in order to seek your favor.’”(C)
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau; he is coming to meet you—and he has four hundred men with him.”(D) 7 Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, herds, and camels. 8 He thought, “If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it, the remaining one can escape.”(E)
9 Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac,(F) the Lord who said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,’(G) 10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. Indeed, I crossed over the Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please rescue me from my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children. 12 You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.’”(H)
13 He spent the night there and took part of what he had brought with him as a gift for his brother Esau:(I) 14 two hundred female goats, twenty male goats, two hundred ewes, twenty rams, 15 thirty milk camels with their young, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys. 16 He entrusted them to his slaves as separate herds and said to them, “Go on ahead of me, and leave some distance between the herds.”
17 And he told the first one, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you?’ 18 then tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look, he is behind us.’”
19 He also told the second one, the third, and everyone who was walking behind the animals, “Say the same thing to Esau when you find him. 20 You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”
21 So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night. 22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.(J) 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
Jacob Wrestles with God
24 Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.(K) 25 When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip. 26 Then he said to Jacob, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 “What is your name?” the man asked.
“Jacob,” he replied.
28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,”(L) he said. “It will be Israel[b] because you have struggled with God(M) and with men and have prevailed.”
29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”
But he answered, “Why do you ask my name?” (N) And he blessed him there.
30 Jacob then named the place Peniel,[c] “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared.”(O) 31 The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel[d](P)—limping because of his hip. 32 That is why, still today, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because he struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.[e]
Genesis 32
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Genesis 32
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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
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