Jacob's fear
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them he said: This is God's camp. And he called the place Mahanaim. And Jacob sent messengers on ahead of him to Esau his brother, over in the land of Seir, the Edom country. And he gave them their orders: This is what you'll say to my lord Esau — your servant Jacob says: I've been stopping with Laban, and I've been there till now. And I've got cattle and donkeys and flocks, and servants and maids. And I've sent word to my lord, hoping you'll think well of me. And the messengers came back to Jacob: We got to your brother Esau. And he's on his way out to meet you — and he's got four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. And he divided the people with him, along with the flocks, herds and camels, into two groups. And he said: If Esau comes at the one lot and knocks it over, at least the other lot gets away. And Jacob said: God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac — Lord, you were the one who told me: Go back to your country and your own people, and I'll do right by you. I'm not worth the smallest bit of the mercy and the truth you've shown your servant. I crossed this Jordan with nothing but my stick, and now I've come to two camps. Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau. I am afraid he will come and strike me, along with the mothers and their children. And you said: I'll do you good for certain, and make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too many to count. And he stopped there that night, and out of what he had on hand he put together a present for Esau his brother: two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-donkeys and ten foals. And he handed them over to his men, each mob on its own, and told them: Go on ahead of me, and leave a gap between one mob and the next. And he gave the man in front his orders: When my brother Esau meets you and asks: Whose man are you, and where are you off to, and whose are these in front of you? — then you say: They're your servant Jacob's. It's a present sent to my lord Esau. And look, he's coming along behind us. And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and everyone following the mobs: That's what you'll say to Esau when you come across him. And say as well: Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us. Because he thought: I will appease him with the gift going ahead of me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me. So the gift went on ahead of him, while he spent that night in the camp. And he got up that night and took his two wives and his two servant women and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them over the creek, and sent over everything he had.
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said: This is God's camp. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim. And Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the country of Edom. And he ordered them: This is what you'll say to my lord Esau. This is what your servant Jacob says: I've stayed with Laban and been there till now. And I've got oxen and donkeys, flocks and servants and servant women. And I've sent to tell my lord, so I can find favour in your sight. And the messengers came back to Jacob: We came to your brother Esau, and he's coming to meet you too, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was badly frightened and worried. And he split the people with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies. And he said: If Esau comes to one company and strikes it, then the other company that's left will get away. And Jacob said: God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me: Go back to your country and to your family, and I'll deal well with you — I'm not worthy of the least of all the mercies and all the truth you've shown your servant. Because I went over this Jordan with my staff, and now I've turned into two companies. Rescue me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau. Because I'm frightened of him, that he'll come and strike me and the mother with the children. And you said: I'll definitely do you good and make your offspring like the sand of the sea, that can't be counted for number. And he stayed there the same night and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother — two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. And he handed them over into the hand of his servants, every herd on its own. And he said to his servants: Go over in front of me and put a space between herd and herd. And he ordered the first: When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, Whose are you? And where are you going? And whose are these in front of you? — then you'll say: They're your servant Jacob's. It's a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look — he's behind us too. And that's what he ordered the second and the third and everyone who followed the herds: This is what you'll say to Esau when you find him. And say too: Look — your servant Jacob is behind us. Because he said: I'll settle him with the gift that goes in front of me, and after that I'll see his face. Maybe he'll take me in. So the gift went over in front of him. And he himself stayed that night in the camp. And he got up that night and took his two wives and his two servants and his eleven sons, and went over the ford of the Jabbok. And he took them and sent them over the stream, and sent over what he had.
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: 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. 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. 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. And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 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. 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? 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. 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. 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. So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 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. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And when Jacob saw them he said: This is God's camp. And he called the place Mahanaim.
And when Jacob saw them, he said: This is God's camp. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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 on ahead of him to Esau his brother, over in the land of Seir, the Edom country.
And Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
And he gave them their orders: This is what you'll say to my lord Esau — your servant Jacob says: I've been stopping with Laban, and I've been there till now.
And he ordered them: This is what you'll say to my lord Esau. This is what your servant Jacob says: I've stayed with Laban and been there till now.
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've got cattle and donkeys and flocks, and servants and maids. And I've sent word to my lord, hoping you'll think well of me.
And I've got oxen and donkeys, flocks and servants and servant women. And I've sent to tell my lord, so I can find favour in your sight.
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 came back to Jacob: We got to your brother Esau. And he's on his way out to meet you — and he's got four hundred men with him.
And the messengers came back to Jacob: We came to your brother Esau, and he's coming to meet you too, and four hundred men with him.
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 with him, along with the flocks, herds and camels, into two groups.
Then Jacob was badly frightened and worried. And he split the people with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.
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 he said: If Esau comes at the one lot and knocks it over, at least the other lot gets away.
And he said: If Esau comes to one company and strikes it, then the other company that's left will get away.
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
And Jacob said: God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac — Lord, you were the one who told me: Go back to your country and your own people, and I'll do right by you.
And Jacob said: God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me: Go back to your country and to your family, and I'll deal well with you —
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:
I'm not worth the smallest bit of the mercy and the truth you've shown your servant. I crossed this Jordan with nothing but my stick, and now I've come to two camps.
I'm not worthy of the least of all the mercies and all the truth you've shown your servant. Because I went over this Jordan with my staff, and now I've turned into two companies.
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.
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau. I am afraid he will come and strike me, along with the mothers and their children.
Rescue me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau. Because I'm frightened of him, that he'll come and strike me and the mother with the children.
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.
And you said: I'll do you good for certain, and make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too many to count.
And you said: I'll definitely do you good and make your offspring like the sand of the sea, that can't be counted for number.
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.
And he stopped there that night, and out of what he had on hand he put together a present for Esau his brother:
And he stayed there the same night and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother —
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-donkeys and ten foals.
thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
And he handed them over to his men, each mob on its own, and told them: Go on ahead of me, and leave a gap between one mob and the next.
And he handed them over into the hand of his servants, every herd on its own. And he said to his servants: Go over in front of me and put a space between herd and herd.
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.
And he gave the man in front his orders: When my brother Esau meets you and asks: Whose man are you, and where are you off to, and whose are these in front of you? —
And he ordered the first: When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, Whose are you? And where are you going? And whose are these in front of you? —
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?
then you say: They're your servant Jacob's. It's a present sent to my lord Esau. And look, he's coming along behind us.
then you'll say: They're your servant Jacob's. It's a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look — he's behind us too.
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.
And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and everyone following the mobs: That's what you'll say to Esau when you come across him.
And that's what he ordered the second and the third and everyone who followed the herds: This is what you'll say to Esau when you find him.
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.
And say as well: Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us. Because he thought: I will appease him with the gift going ahead of me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.
And say too: Look — your servant Jacob is behind us. Because he said: I'll settle him with the gift that goes in front of me, and after that I'll see his face. Maybe he'll take me in.
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.
So the gift went on ahead of him, while he spent that night in the camp.
So the gift went over in front of him. And he himself stayed that night in the camp.
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
And he got up that night and took his two wives and his two servant women and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
And he got up that night and took his two wives and his two servants and his eleven sons, and went over the ford of the Jabbok.
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.
He took them and sent them over the creek, and sent over everything he had.
And he took them and sent them over the stream, and sent over what he had.
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
Wrestling at Peniel
And Jacob was left on his own. And a man wrestled with him till daybreak. And when he saw he couldn't get the better of him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and Jacob's hip went out of joint as he wrestled with him. And he said: Let me go, the day's breaking. And he said: I won't let you go till you bless me. And he said to him: What's your name? And he said: Jacob. And he said: Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed. And Jacob asked him: Tell me your name. And he said: What are you asking my name for? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the place Peniel. Because I've seen God face to face, and I'm still alive. And as he went past Penuel the sun came up on him, and he was limping on his hip. That's why the Israelites don't eat the sinew of the hip to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh at that sinew.
And Jacob was left on his own. And a man wrestled with him till the breaking of the day. And when he saw he couldn't win against him, he touched the socket of his thigh. And the socket of Jacob's thigh was put out as he wrestled with him. And he said: Let me go, because the day is breaking. And he said: I won't let you go unless you bless me. And he said to him: What's your name? And he said: Jacob. And he said: Your name won't be called Jacob any more, but Israel. Because you've had power with God and with men, and you've won. And Jacob asked him: Tell me your name, please. And he said: Why do you ask about my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: Because I've seen God face to face, and my life is saved. And the sun came up on him as he went past Penuel. And he limped on his thigh. That's why the people of Israel don't eat the sinew that shrank, that's on the socket of the thigh, to this day — because he touched the socket of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 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. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 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. 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. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 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.
And Jacob was left on his own. And a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
And Jacob was left on his own. And a man wrestled with him till the breaking of the day.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
And when he saw he couldn't get the better of him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and Jacob's hip went out of joint as he wrestled with him.
And when he saw he couldn't win against him, he touched the socket of his thigh. And the socket of Jacob's thigh was put out as he wrestled with him.
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.
And he said: Let me go, the day's breaking. And he said: I won't let you go till you bless me.
And he said: Let me go, because the day is breaking. And he said: I won't let you go unless you bless me.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
And he said to him: What's your name? And he said: Jacob.
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
And he said: Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.
And he said: Your name won't be called Jacob any more, but Israel. Because you've had power with God and with men, and you've won.
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.
And Jacob asked him: Tell me your name. And he said: What are you asking my name for? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob asked him: Tell me your name, please. And he said: Why do you ask about my name? And he blessed him there.
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.
And Jacob called the place Peniel. Because I've seen God face to face, and I'm still alive.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: Because I've seen God face to face, and my life is saved.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
And as he went past Penuel the sun came up on him, and he was limping on his hip.
And the sun came up on him as he went past Penuel. And he limped on his thigh.
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
That's why the Israelites don't eat the sinew of the hip to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh at that sinew.
That's why the people of Israel don't eat the sinew that shrank, that's on the socket of the thigh, to this day — because he touched the socket of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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.