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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.

32 Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him; and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s army!” So he called the name of that place Mahana′im.[a]

Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Se′ir, the country of Edom, instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now; and I have oxen, asses, flocks, menservants, and maidservants; and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’”

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.” Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies, thinking, “If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it, then the company which is left will escape.”

And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who didst say to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, and I will do you good,’ 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the steadfast love and all the faithfulness which thou hast shown to thy servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan; and now I have become two companies. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and slay us all, the mothers with the children. 12 But thou didst say, ‘I will do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

13 So he lodged there that night, and took from what he had with him a present for his brother Esau, 14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten he-asses. 16 These he delivered into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.” 17 He instructed the foremost, “When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these before 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 meet him, 20 and you shall say, ‘Moreover your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.” 21 So the present passed on before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

Jacob Wrestles at Peniel

22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and 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 the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob’s thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “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, “Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Tell me, I pray, your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peni′el,[c] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.” 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed Penu′el, limping because of his thigh. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh on the sinew of the hip.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:2 Here taken to mean Two armies
  2. Genesis 32:28 That is He who strives with God or God strives
  3. Genesis 32:30 That is The face of God

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