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Genesis 32
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Genesis 32
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Jacob prepares to meet Esau
32 Jacob went on his way, and God’s messengers approached him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp,” and he named that sacred place Mahanaim.[a] 3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau, toward the land of Seir, the open country of Edom. 4 He gave them these orders: “Say this to my master Esau. This is the message of your servant Jacob: ‘I’ve lived as an immigrant with Laban, where I’ve stayed till now. 5 I own cattle, donkeys, flocks, men servants, and women servants. I’m sending this message to my master now to ask that he[b] be kind.’”
6 The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went out to your brother Esau, and he’s coming to meet you with four hundred men.”
7 Jacob was terrified and felt trapped, so he divided the people with him, and the flocks, cattle, and camels, into two camps. 8 He thought, If Esau meets the first camp and attacks it, at least one camp will be left to escape.
9 Jacob said, “Lord, God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I’ll make sure things go well for you,’ 10 I don’t deserve how loyal and truthful you’ve been to your servant. I went away across the Jordan with just my staff, but now I’ve become two camps. 11 Save me from my brother Esau! I’m afraid he will come and kill me, the mothers, and their children. 12 You were the one who told me, ‘I will make sure things go well for you, and I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, so many you won’t be able to count them.’”
13 Jacob spent that night there. From what he had acquired, he set aside a gift for his brother Esau: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty nursing camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. 16 He separated these herds and gave them to his servants. He said to them, “Go ahead of me and put some distance between each of the herds.” 17 He ordered the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, ‘Who are you with? Where are you going? And whose herds are these in front of you?’ 18 say, ‘They are your servant Jacob’s, a gift sent to my master Esau. And Jacob is actually right behind us.’” 19 He also ordered the second group, the third group, and everybody following the herds, “Say exactly the same thing to Esau when you find him. 20 Say also, ‘Your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” Jacob thought, I may be able to pacify Esau with the gift I’m sending ahead. When I meet him, perhaps he will be kind to me. 21 So Jacob sent the gift ahead of him, but he spent that night in the camp.
Jacob wrestles with God
22 Jacob got up during the night, took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the Jabbok River’s shallow water. 23 He took them and everything that belonged to him, and he helped them cross the river. 24 But Jacob stayed apart by himself, and a man wrestled with him until dawn broke. 25 When the man saw that he couldn’t defeat Jacob, he grabbed Jacob’s thigh and tore a muscle in Jacob’s thigh as he wrestled with him. 26 The man said, “Let me go because the dawn is breaking.”
But Jacob said, “I won’t let you go until you bless me.”
27 He said to Jacob, “What’s your name?” and he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name won’t be Jacob any longer, but Israel,[c] because you struggled with God and with men and won.”
29 Jacob also asked and said, “Tell me your name.”
But he said, “Why do you ask for my name?” and he blessed Jacob there. 30 Jacob named the place Peniel,[d] “because I’ve seen God face-to-face, and my life has been saved.” 31 The sun rose as Jacob passed Penuel, limping because of his thigh. 32 Therefore, Israelites don’t eat the tendon attached to the thigh muscle to this day, because he grabbed Jacob’s thigh muscle at the tendon.
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:2 Or two camps
- Genesis 32:5 Or you
- Genesis 32:28 Or God struggles or one who struggles with God
- Genesis 32:30 Or face of God
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Jacob prepara el encuentro con Esaú
32 Siguió Jacob su camino, y le salieron al encuentro ángeles de Dios.
2 Y dijo Jacob cuando los vio: Campamento de Dios es este; y llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Mahanaim.
3 Y envió Jacob mensajeros delante de sí a Esaú su hermano, a la tierra de Seír, campo de Edom.
4 Y les mandó diciendo: Así diréis a mi señor Esaú: Así dice tu siervo Jacob: Con Labán he morado, y me he detenido hasta ahora;
5 y tengo vacas, asnos, ovejas, y siervos y siervas; y envío a decirlo a mi señor, para hallar gracia en tus ojos.
6 Y los mensajeros volvieron a Jacob, diciendo: Vinimos a tu hermano Esaú, y él también viene a recibirte, y cuatrocientos hombres con él.
7 Entonces Jacob tuvo gran temor, y se angustió; y distribuyó el pueblo que tenía consigo, y las ovejas y las vacas y los camellos, en dos campamentos.
8 Y dijo: Si viene Esaú contra un campamento y lo ataca, el otro campamento escapará.
9 Y dijo Jacob: Dios de mi padre Abraham, y Dios de mi padre Isaac, Jehová, que me dijiste: Vuélvete a tu tierra y a tu parentela, y yo te haré bien;
10 menor soy que todas las misericordias y que toda la verdad que has usado para con tu siervo; pues con mi cayado pasé este Jordán, y ahora estoy sobre dos campamentos.
11 Líbrame ahora de la mano de mi hermano, de la mano de Esaú, porque le temo; no venga acaso y me hiera a la madre con los hijos.
12 Y tú has dicho: Yo te haré bien, y tu descendencia será como la arena del mar, que no se puede contar por la multitud.
13 Y durmió allí aquella noche, y tomó de lo que le vino a la mano un presente para su hermano Esaú:
14 doscientas cabras y veinte machos cabríos, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,
15 treinta camellas paridas con sus crías, cuarenta vacas y diez novillos, veinte asnas y diez borricos.
16 Y lo entregó a sus siervos, cada manada de por sí; y dijo a sus siervos: Pasad delante de mí, y poned espacio entre manada y manada.
17 Y mandó al primero, diciendo: Si Esaú mi hermano te encuentra, y te pregunta, diciendo: ¿De quién eres?, ¿y adónde vas?, ¿y para quién es esto que llevas delante de ti?,
18 entonces dirás: Es un presente de tu siervo Jacob, que envía a mi señor Esaú; y he aquí también él viene tras nosotros.
19 Mandó también al segundo, y al tercero, y a todos los que iban tras aquellas manadas, diciendo: Conforme a esto hablaréis a Esaú, cuando le encontréis.
20 Y diréis también: He aquí tu siervo Jacob viene tras nosotros. Porque dijo: Apaciguaré su ira con el presente que va delante de mí, y después veré su rostro; quizá le seré acepto.
21 Pasó, pues, el presente delante de él; y él durmió aquella noche en el campamento.
Jacob lucha con el ángel
22 Y se levantó aquella noche, y tomó sus dos mujeres, y sus dos siervas, y sus once hijos, y pasó el vado de Jaboc.
23 Los tomó, pues, e hizo pasar el arroyo a ellos y a todo lo que tenía.
24 Así se quedó Jacob solo; y luchó con él un varón hasta que rayaba el alba.
25 Y cuando el varón vio que no podía con él, le tocó en el sitio del encaje de su muslo, y se descoyuntó el muslo de Jacob mientras con él luchaba.
26 Y dijo: Déjame, porque raya el alba. Y Jacob le respondió: No te dejaré, si no me bendices.
27 Y el varón le dijo: ¿Cuál es tu nombre? Y él respondió: Jacob.
28 Y el varón le dijo: No se dirá más tu nombre Jacob, sino Israel; porque has luchado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido.
29 Entonces Jacob le preguntó, y dijo: Declárame ahora tu nombre. Y el varón respondió: ¿Por qué me preguntas por mi nombre? Y lo bendijo allí.
30 Y llamó Jacob el nombre de aquel lugar, Peniel; porque dijo: Vi a Dios cara a cara, y fue librada mi alma.
31 Y cuando había pasado Peniel, le salió el sol; y cojeaba de su cadera.
32 Por esto no comen los hijos de Israel, hasta hoy día, del tendón que se contrajo, el cual está en el encaje del muslo; porque tocó a Jacob este sitio de su muslo en el tendón que se contrajo.
Genesis 32
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Genesis 32
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Jakob is bang om Ezau weer te ontmoeten
32 Ook Jakob vertrok, in de andere richting. En engelen van God kwamen hem tegemoet. 2 Toen hij hen zag, zei hij: "Dit is een leger van God!" Daarom noemde hij die plek Mahanaïm (= 'twee legers').
3 Jakob stuurde boodschappers voor zich uit naar zijn broer Ezau. Ezau woonde in het gebied Seïr. Dat gebied wordt ook Edom genoemd.[a] 4 Hij zei tegen hen: "Zeg tegen Ezau: 'Dit zegt je dienaar Jakob: ik heb tot nu toe als vreemdeling bij Laban gewoond. 5 Ik heb er koeien, ezels, schapen en geiten, slaven en slavinnen gekregen. Ik laat je dit van tevoren weten en hoop dat je niet langer kwaad op me zal zijn.' "
6 De boodschappers kwamen bij Jakob terug en zeiden: "We zijn bij uw broer Ezau geweest. Hij is nu met 400 mannen op weg naar u toe." 7 Toen werd Jakob erg bang. Hij verdeelde de mensen die bij hem waren in twee groepen. Ook de schapen, geiten, koeien en kamelen verdeelde hij in twee groepen. 8 Want hij dacht: "Als Ezau op de ene groep afkomt en die verslaat, kan de andere groep ontsnappen." 9 Toen bad Jakob: "God van mijn grootvader Abraham en van mijn vader Izaäk! Heer, U heeft tegen mij gezegd: 'Ga terug naar je land en naar je familie. Ik zal goed voor je zijn.' 10 Ik ben het helemaal niet waard dat U zo goed voor mij bent geweest en mij zoveel heeft gegeven. Ik had op de heenweg alleen een staf toen ik de Jordaan overstak. Nu heb ik deze twee grote groepen mensen en dieren. 11 Heer, red mij nu alstublieft uit de handen van mijn broer Ezau. Want ik ben bang dat hij mij zal doden, met de moeders en de kinderen. 12 Maar U heeft toch gezegd: 'Ik zal goed voor je zijn en je familie zo ontelbaar maken als het zand langs de zee.' " 13 Die nacht bleef hij daar.
Toen nam hij van zijn vee een aantal dieren als geschenk voor zijn broer Ezau: 14 200 vrouwtjes-geiten en 20 mannetjes-geiten, 200 vrouwtjes-schapen en 20 mannetjes-schapen, 15 30 vrouwtjes-kamelen met hun jongen, 40 koeien en 10 stieren, 20 vrouwtjes-ezels en 10 jonge mannetjes-ezels. 16 Voor elke kudde wees hij een knecht aan die op die kudde moest passen. En hij zei tegen hen: "Ga voor mij uit en laat ruimte tussen de verschillende kudden." 17 Tegen de voorste knecht zei hij: "Als je mijn broer Ezau ontmoet en hij vraagt je: 'Wie is je heer en waar ga je naartoe? En van wie is dat vee dat voor je uit loopt?' 18 dan moet je zeggen: 'Dit is een geschenk van uw dienaar Jakob voor zijn heer Ezau. Hij komt zelf achter ons aan.' " 19 De tweede en de derde en alle andere knechten die achter de kudden aan liepen, moesten hetzelfde zeggen. 20 En ze moesten ook zeggen: "Uw dienaar Jakob komt achter ons aan." Want Jakob dacht: "Ik zal hem eerst een geschenk sturen. Daarmee vraag ik hem om vergeving. Pas daarna durf ik bij hem te komen. Misschien zal hij dan niet langer kwaad op me zijn." 21 Zo gingen zijn knechten met het geschenk voor hem uit. Maar zelf bleef hij die nacht in het tentenkamp.
Jakob worstelt met een man
22 's Nachts stond hij op en bracht zijn twee vrouwen, zijn twee slavinnen en zijn elf kinderen naar de overkant van de beek de Jabbok. 23 Daarna bracht hij zijn dieren en alles wat hij had naar de overkant. 24 Jakob was als enige nog aan de andere kant van de beek. En Iemand worstelde met hem tot het dag begon te worden. 25 Toen Hij merkte dat Hij Jakob niet kon overwinnen, sloeg Hij hem op zijn heupgewricht. Daardoor schoot het gewricht uit de kom tijdens de worsteling. 26 Toen zei Hij: "Laat Me gaan, want het wordt dag." Maar Jakob zei: "Ik laat U pas los als U mij zegent." 27 De Man vroeg: "Hoe heet je?" Hij antwoordde: "Jakob." 28 Toen zei de Man: "Je zal niet langer Jakob (= 'verdringer') heten, maar Israël (= 'worstelaar met God'). Want je hebt op een goede manier met God en met mensen geworsteld en je hebt gewonnen." 29 Toen vroeg Jakob: "Zeg mij alstublieft hoe U heet!" Maar de Man antwoordde: "Waarom vraag je hoe Ik heet?" En Hij zegende hem daar. 30 En Jakob noemde die plek Pniël (= 'gezicht van God'). "Want," zei hij, "ik heb oog in oog met God gestaan en toch ben ik in leven gebleven."
31 De zon kwam boven hem op toen hij bij Pniël overstak. Hij was kreupel aan één heup. 32 En tot op vandaag eten de Israëlieten de spier niet die op het heupgewricht ligt, omdat Hij Jakob op het heupgewricht, op de heupspier, heeft geslagen.
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:3 Edom is een andere naam voor Ezau. Lees Genesis 25:30. Het gebied was dus naar Ezau genoemd.
Genesis 32
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Genesis 32
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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.
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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