1 A nd Jacob went on his way; and the angels of God met him.

2 A nd when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

3 A nd Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.

4 A nd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus—With Laban have I sojourned and tarried until now;

5 a nd I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

6 A nd the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

7 T hen Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.

8 A nd he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.

9 A nd Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,

10 — I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.

11 D eliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

12 A nd thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

13 A nd he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother—

14 t wo hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;

15 t hirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.

16 A nd he delivered into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

17 A nd he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?

18 — then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.

19 A nd so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.

20 A nd, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.

21 A nd the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

22 A nd he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;

23 a nd he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.

24 A nd Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

25 A nd when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

26 A nd he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

27 A nd he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

28 A nd he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.

29 A nd Jacob asked and said, Tell, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

30 A nd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel—For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.

31 A nd as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.

32 T herefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh—the sinew.