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Genesis 32
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 32
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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 country 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, 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 400 men with him.”(D) 7 Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, cattle, 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 this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please rescue me from the hand of 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, which cannot 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) 14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, 15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 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 female slaves, and his 11 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, “and I have been delivered.”(O) 31 The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel[d](P)—limping because of his hip. 32 That is why, to this day, 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]
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:2 = Two Camps
- Genesis 32:28 In Hb, the name Israel sounds like “he struggled (with) God.”
- Genesis 32:30 = Face of God
- Genesis 32:31 Variant of Peniel
- Genesis 32:32 Or tendon
Génesis 32
La Palabra (España)
Génesis 32
La Palabra (España)
32 1 Al día siguiente Labán se levantó temprano, besó a sus hijas y a sus nietos y regresó a su casa.
Jacob regresa a su tierra
2 Jacob, por su parte, siguió su camino y unos ángeles de Dios salieron a su encuentro. 3 Al verlos exclamó:
— Este es un lugar donde Dios acampa.
Y llamó a aquel lugar Majanáin.
4 Después Jacob envió por delante unos mensajeros a su hermano Esaú, a la región de Seír, en la campiña de Edom, 5 dándoles esta orden:
— Decid a mi señor Esaú. “Tu siervo Jacob nos envía a decirte: He estado viviendo hasta ahora en casa de Labán. 6 Tengo vacas, asnos, ovejas, criados y criadas. Envío este mensaje a mi señor con la esperanza de ser recibido amistosamente”.
7 Cuando los mensajeros regresaron, dijeron a Jacob:
— Hemos ido adonde está tu hermano Esaú, y ahora viene a tu encuentro con cuatrocientos hombres.
8 Entonces Jacob se llenó de miedo y angustia. Dividió en dos grupos la gente que lo acompañaba, y lo mismo hizo con las ovejas, las vacas y los camellos, 9 pues pensó: “Si Esaú ataca a un grupo, el otro podrá escapar.” 10 Luego oró diciendo:
— Dios de mi abuelo Abrahán y de mi padre Isaac, Señor que me dijiste: Regresa a tu tierra natal, donde están tus parientes, que yo te haré prosperar. 11 Yo no merezco el amor y la fidelidad que has tenido con este siervo tuyo. Cuando crucé este río Jordán, no tenía más que mi bastón; pero ahora puedo formar dos campamentos. 12 ¡Por favor, líbrame del poder amenazante de mi hermano Esaú! Tengo miedo de que venga y mate a mujeres y niños. 13 Has sido tú quien me dijiste que me harías prosperar y que mi descendencia sería tan numerosa como la arena de la playa, que es incontable.
14 Aquella noche Jacob durmió allí y, de lo que traía consigo, escogió regalos para su hermano Esaú: 15 doscientas cabras y veinte machos cabríos; doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros; 16 treinta camellas recién paridas, con sus crías; cuarenta vacas y diez novillos; veinte asnas y diez asnos. 17 Luego se los confió a sus criados en rebaños separados, y les dijo:
— Id delante de mí y dejad alguna distancia entre rebaño y rebaño.
18 Al primero le dio las siguientes instrucciones:
— Cuando te encuentres con mi hermano Esaú y te pregunte de quién eres, adónde vas y para quién es el ganado que llevas, 19 le responderás: “Es un regalo que tu siervo Jacob envía a mi señor Esaú. Él mismo viene detrás de nosotros”.
20 Las mismas instrucciones dio Jacob al segundo y al tercero y a todos los que guiaban los rebaños:
— Cuando encontréis a Esaú, decidle lo mismo; 21 y añadid: “Tu siervo Jacob viene detrás de nosotros”.
Porque Jacob pensaba: “Es posible que los regalos que le vayan llegando lo apacigüen y así, cuando me presente ante él, tal vez me reciba amistosamente”. 22 Envió, pues, los regalos por delante, mientras él se quedó a pasar la noche en el campamento.
Jacob lucha con un ángel
23 Aquella misma noche, Jacob se levantó, tomó a sus dos mujeres junto con sus dos criadas y sus once hijos, y los hizo cruzar el vado del río Yaboc. 24 Los hizo pasar al otro lado del río llevando consigo todo lo que tenía. 25 Y se quedó Jacob solo. Entonces un desconocido luchó con él hasta despuntar el alba. 26 Viendo el desconocido que no podía vencer a Jacob, lo golpeó en la coyuntura de la cadera, y esta parte quedó dislocada mientras luchaban. 27 Y el desconocido le dijo:
— Suéltame, que ya despunta el alba.
Y Jacob respondió:
— No te soltaré hasta que me bendigas.
28 El desconocido le preguntó:
— ¿Cómo te llamas?
Respondió:
— Jacob.
29 Entonces el desconocido le dijo:
— Ya no te llamarás Jacob, sino Israel, porque has luchado contra Dios y contra los hombres, y has vencido.
30 Jacob, a su vez, le preguntó:
— ¿Cuál es tu nombre?
Pero el desconocido contestó:
— ¿Por qué quieres saber mi nombre?
Y allí mismo lo bendijo.
31 Jacob llamó a aquel lugar Penuel, porque dijo: “He visto a Dios cara a cara y sigo vivo”.
32 Salía ya el sol cuando Jacob atravesaba Penuel; y caminaba cojeando de la cadera. 33 Por eso los israelitas no comen hasta el presente el tendón que está en la articulación de la cadera, pues Jacob fue herido en dicho tendón.
Genesis 32
New International Version
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
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