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Naghanda si Jacob sa Pagpakigkita kay Esau

32 Sang nagapadayon sila ni Jacob sa paglakat, ginsugata siya sang mga anghel sang Dios. Pagkakita ni Jacob sa ila, nagsiling siya, “Mga soldado ini sang Dios.” Gani gin-ngalanan niya ato nga lugar nga Mahanaim.[a]

May mga ginsugo si Jacob nga mag-una sa iya agod magpakigkita sa iya utod nga si Esau didto sa duta sang Seir, ang lugar nga gintawag man nga Edom. Gintudluan niya sila kon ano ang ila isiling kay Esau. Siling ni Jacob, “Silingon ninyo si Esau nga didto ako nagtiner kay Laban kag wala pa gani ako makapauli hasta subong. Kag sugiri ninyo siya nga may mga baka ako, mga asno, mga karnero, mga kanding, kag mga suluguon nga lalaki kag babayi. Silingon ninyo siya nga ginsugo ko kamo sa pagpangabay sa iya nga kuntani mangin maayo ang iya pagtratar sa akon.”

Pagbalik sang mga ginsugo ni Jacob, nagsiling sila, “Nakakadto kami kay Esau, kag nagapakadto na siya diri sa pagsugata sa imo. May upod siya nga 400 ka lalaki.” Kinulbaan gid si Jacob kag indi siya mapahamtang, gani gintunga niya sa duha ka grupo ang iya mga kaupdanan pati ang iya mga karnero, baka, kanding kag kamelyo. Tungod kay naghunahuna siya nga kon pananglit gid man nga mag-abot si Esau kag salakayon ang isa ka grupo, makapalagyo pa ang isa ka grupo.

Nagpangamuyo dayon si Jacob, “Dios sang akon lolo nga si Abraham kag Dios sang akon amay nga si Isaac, ikaw ang Ginoo nga nagsiling sa akon nga mabalik ako sa akon mga paryente, didto sa duta nga sa diin ako natawo, kag pakamaayuhon mo ako. 10 Indi ako takos nga magbaton sang tanan nga kaayo kag katutom nga imo na ginpakita sa akon nga imo alagad. Kay sang pagtabok ko sang una sa Jordan wala ako sing iban nga dala kundi baston gid lang, pero subong may duha na ako ka grupo. 11 Nagapangabay ako sa imo nga luwason mo ako sa akon utod nga si Esau. Nahadlok ako basi magkadto siya diri kag pamatyon kami tanan pati ang mga iloy kag ang mga bata. 12 Pero nagpromisa ka sa akon nga pakamaayuhon mo ako kag padamuon mo ang akon mga kaliwat pareho sang balas sa baybayon nga indi maisip.”

13 Didto nagtulog sanday Jacob pagkagab-i. Pagkaaga, nagpili si Jacob sang mga sapat nga iregalo kay Esau: 14 200 ka babayi nga kanding kag 20 ka lalaki nga kanding, 200 ka babayi nga karnero kag 20 ka lalaki nga karnero, 15 30 ka gatasan nga kamelyo upod pa ang ila mga tinday, 40 ka babayi nga baka kag 10 ka turo nga baka, 20 ka babayi nga asno kag 10 ka lalaki nga asno. 16 Ginpanggrupo-grupo dayon ni Jacob ang mga sapat, kag ang kada grupo may mga suluguon nga nagabantay. Ginsilingan niya ang iya mga suluguon, “Una kamo sa akon, kag maglakat kamo nga may antad ang kada grupo.” 17 Ginsilingan niya ang mga suluguon nga nagabantay sa nauna nga grupo, “Kon magsugat-anay gani kamo ni Esau kag magpamangkot siya kon kay sin-o kamo suluguon kag kon diin kamo makadto, kag kon kay sin-o inang mga sapat nga dala ninyo, 18 sabton ninyo siya nga akon ini mga sapat kag regalo ko ini sa iya. Silingon man ninyo siya nga ara ako nagasunod.” 19 Amo man ang iya ginsiling sa ikaduha, sa ikatatlo kag sa tanan nga suluguon nga nagasunod sa mga sapat. 20 Kag ginpadumdom gid niya sila nga indi nila pagkalimtan nga silingon si Esau nga ara siya nagasunod. Kay siling ni Jacob sa iya hunahuna, “Ulo-ulohan ko si Esau sa sining mga regalo nga ipauna ko. Kag kon magkitaay kami basi pa lang patawaron niya ako.” 21 Gani ginpauna niya ang iya mga regalo, pero siya iya nagpabilin sadto nga gab-i didto sa ila gintineran.

May Nagpakigdumog kay Jacob sa Peniel

22 Sadto nga gab-i, nagbangon si Jacob kag gindala niya ang iya duha ka asawa, ang iya duha ka suluguon nga babayi kag ang iya onse ka anak, kag nagtabok sila sa talabukan sang Jabok. 23 Ginpatabok man ni Jacob ang tanan niya nga pagkabutang. 24 Karon, sang nagaisahanon siya, may nag-abot nga isa ka lalaki kag gindumog siya. Nagdumugay sila hasta mag-aga. 25 Sang mabulubanta sang tawo nga indi niya madaog si Jacob, ginpisga niya ang balikawang ni Jacob kag nagliw-as ang nagatabo nga tul-an sini. 26 Nagsiling dayon ang tawo, “Buy-i na ako kay nagapamanagbanag na.” Pero nagsabat si Jacob, “Indi ko ikaw pagbuy-an kon indi mo ako pagbendisyunan.” 27 Nagpamangkot ang tawo sa iya, “Sin-o ang imo ngalan?” Nagsabat siya, “Si Jacob.” 28 Nagsiling dayon ang tawo, “Sugod subong indi na Jacob ang imo ngalan kundi Israel[b] na tungod kay nagpakigsumpong ka sa Dios kag sa mga tawo, kag nagdaog ka.” 29 Nagpamangkot man si Jacob sa iya, “Sugiri man ako sang imo ngalan.” Pero nagsabat ang tawo, “Indi na pagpamangkuta ang akon ngalan.” Dayon ginbendisyunan niya si Jacob didto.

30 Gin-ngalanan ni Jacob ato nga lugar nga Peniel,[c] kay siling niya, “Nakita ko ang hitsura sang Dios pero buhi pa gihapon ako.” 31 Nagabutlak na ang adlaw sang paghalin ni Jacob sa Peniel. Nagapiang-piang siya tungod sa nagliw-as niya nga tul-an sa balikawang. 32 Amo ini ang rason kon ngaa hasta subong ang mga Israelinhon wala nagakaon sang lanit-lanit sa tinabuan sang tul-an sa balikawang. Kay dira nga parte ginpisga sang Dios si Jacob.

Footnotes

  1. 32:2 Mahanaim: buot silingon sa Hebreo, duha ka grupo sang mga soldado.
  2. 32:28 Israel: buot silingon sa Hebreo, nagpakigsumpong sa Dios.
  3. 32:30 Peniel: buot silingon sa Hebreo, hitsura sang Dios.

Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau

32 [a]Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God(A) met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!”(B) So he named that place Mahanaim.[b](C)

Jacob sent messengers(D) ahead of him to his brother Esau(E) in the land of Seir,(F) the country of Edom.(G) 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. 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)’”

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)

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. He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group,[d] the group[e] that is left may escape.”

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

  1. Genesis 32:1 In Hebrew texts 32:1-32 is numbered 32:2-33.
  2. Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.
  3. Genesis 32:7 Or camps
  4. Genesis 32:8 Or camp
  5. Genesis 32:8 Or camp
  6. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
  7. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
  8. Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

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

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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:

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.

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.

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;

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

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.