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32 Now Jacob went forth on his journey, and the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army.” And he called the name of the same place, Mahanaim.
3 Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, into the country of Edom.
4 To whom he gave commandment, saying, “You shall speak to my lord, Esau, like this: ‘Your servant Jacob says this, “I have been a stranger with Laban and remained until this time.
5 “I have cattle also and asses, sheep, and men servants, and women servants; and I have sent to show my lord, so that I may find grace in your sight.”’”
6 So, the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother, Esau; and he also comes against you, and four hundred men with him.”
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was very troubled, and divided the people that were with him, and the sheep, and the cattle, and the camels into two companies.
8 For he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and strikes it, the other company shall escape.”
9 Moreover, Jacob said, “O God of my father, Abraham, and God of my father, Isaac, Lord, Who said 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 mercies, and all the Truth, which You have shown to Your servant. For with my staff, I came over this Jordan; and now I have become two camps.
11 “Please, deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau. For I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mother with children.
12 “For You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”
13 And he stayed there that same night and took what he received as 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 cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
16 So he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every flock by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass before me and put a space between each flock.”
17 And he commanded the first, saying, “If my brother, Esau, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose servant are you? And where are you going? And whose are these before you?’
18 “Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. And behold, he himself also is behind us.’”
19 So, likewise, he commanded the second and the third, and all that followed the flocks, saying, “After this manner you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
20 “And you shall say, moreover, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob comes after us.’ For he thought, “I will appease his wrath with the present that goes before me; and afterward, I will see his face. It may be that he will accept me.”
21 So they went, with the present, before him. But he remained that night with the company.
22 And he rose up the same night and took his two wives, and his two maids, and his eleven children, and went over the ford, Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the river, and sent over what he had.
24 Now, when Jacob was left by himself, a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
25 And he saw that he could not prevail against him. Therefore, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, “Let me go, for the morning appears.” Who answered, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 Then he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”
28 And he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. Because you have had power with God, you shall also prevail with men.”
29 And Jacob demanded, saying, “Please tell me Your Name.” And he said, “Why do you ask My Name now?” And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place, Peniel. “For,” he said, “I have seen God face to face; and my life is preserved.”
31 And the Sun rose up to him as he passed Peniel; and he limped upon his thigh.
32 Therefore, the children of Israel do not eat from the tendon in the hollow of the thigh until this day, because He touched the tendon in the hollow of Jacob’s thigh.
33 And as Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. Behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maids.
2 And he put the maids and their children first, then Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 So, he went before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him; and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” And he answered, “The children whom God, by His grace, has given your servant.”
6 Then the maids came near, they and their children, and bowed themselves.
7 Also Leah, with her children, came near and bowed down. And after that, Joseph and Rachel drew near and did reverence.
8 Then he said, “What do you mean by all these flocks which I met?” Who answered, “I have sent them so that I may find favor in the sight of my lord.”
9 And Esau said, “I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
10 But Jacob answered, “No, please, if I have found grace now in your sight, then receive my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, because you have accepted me.
11 “Please take my blessing that is brought to you. For God has had mercy on me; and therefore, I have all things.” So, he compelled him and he took it.
12 And he said, “Let us take our journey and go; and I will go before you.”
13 Then he answered him, “My lord knows that the children are frail and the ewes and cows are with young under my hand. And if they should overdrive them one day, all the flock would die.
14 “Let now my lord go before his servant; and I will drive softly, according to the pace of the cattle which are before me, and as the children are able to endure, until I come to my lord, to Seir.”
15 Then Esau said, “Then I will leave some of my folk with you.” And he answered, “What is the need? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.”
16 So Esau returned and went his way that same day, to Seir.
17 And Jacob went forward toward Succoth, and built a house, and made booths for his cattle. Therefore, he called the name of the place, Succoth.
18 Afterward, Jacob came safely to , a city, which is in the land of Canaan (when he came from Padan Aram and pitched before the city).
19 And there he bought a parcel of ground from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money, where he pitched his tent.
20 And he set up an altar there, and called it, “The Mighty God of Israel”.
34 Then Dinah (the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob), went out to see the daughters of that country.
2 When Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite (lord of that country), saw her, he took her and lay with her and defiled her.
3 So, his heart desired Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the maid and spoke kindly to the maid.
4 Then Shechem said to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this maid to wife.”
5 Now, Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field. Therefore, Jacob held his peace until they had come.
6 Then, Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7 And when the sons of Jacob had come out of the field and heard it, it grieved the men. They were very angry because he had brought disgrace in Israel in that he had laid with Jacob’s daughter, which ought not to be done.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as wife.
9 “So make marriages with us, give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
10 “And you shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you. Dwell and do your business in it and have your possessions therein.”
11 Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes; and I will give whatever you shall appoint to me.
12 “Ask of me abundantly both dowry and gifts; and I will give as you appoint to me, so that you give the maid to me as wife.”
13 Then, the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor, his father, talking deceitfully because he had defiled their sister.
14 And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to an uncircumcised man, for that would be a reproach to us.
15 “But we will consent to you in this: if you will be as we are, in that every male child among you be circumcised.
16 “Then we will give our daughters to you. And we will take your daughters to us. And will dwell with you and be one people.
17 “But, if you will not listen to us (to be circumcised), then we will take our daughter and depart.”
18 Now their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
19 And the young man did not hesitate to do the thing because he loved Jacob’s daughter. He was also the most honorable of all his father’s house.
20 Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the gate of their city and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21 “These men are peaceable with us. And in order for them to dwell in the land and do their affairs therein (for behold, the land has enough room for them), let us take their daughters as wives and give them our daughters.
22 “Only herein will the men consent to dwell with us and to be one people: if all the male children among us are circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 “Shall not their flocks and their substance and all their cattle be ours? Only, let us consent to them; and they will dwell with us.”
24 And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and Shechem, his son. And all the male children were circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25 And on the third day (while they were sore) two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, both took sword and went boldly into the city and killed every male.
26 They also killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and went their way.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28 They took their sheep and their cattle and their donkeys and whatever was in the city and in the fields.
29 Also, they took captives and plundered all their goods and all their children and their wives and all that was in the houses.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me and made me stink among the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And they shall gather themselves together against us (we being few in number) and kill me; and so shall I and my house be destroyed.”
31 And they answered, “Should he abuse our sister as a whore?”
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