1 أ مّا يَعقُوبُ فَواصَلَ طَرِيقَهُ وَلاقَتْهُ مَلائِكَةُ اللهِ.

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2 ف َلَمّا رَآهُمْ يَعقُوبُ قالَ: «هَذا مُعَسْكَرُ اللهِ!» فَسَمَّى ذَلِكَ المَكانَ مَحَنايِمَ.

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

3 ث ُمَّ أرْسَلَ يَعقُوبُ أمامَهُ رُسُلاً إلَى أخِيهِ عِيسُو فِي أرْضِ سَعِيرَ، فِي حُقُولِ أدُومَ.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

4 و َأوْصاهُمْ: «قُولُوا لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُو: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ يَعْقُوبُ، خادِمُكَ: تَغَرَّبْتُ عِنْدَ لابانَ، وَبَقِيتُ هُناكَ إلَى الآنِ.

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:

5 و َعِنْدِي بَقَرٌ وَحَمِيرٌ وَغَنَمٌ، وَخُدّامٌ وَخادِماتٌ. وَقَدْ أرْسَلْتُ لِأُخْبِرَكَ هَذا، لَعَلِّي أحظَى بِرِضاكَ.›»

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.

6 و َعادَ الرُّسُلُ إلَى يَعقُوبَ وَقالُوا: «لَقَدْ ذَهَبْنا إلَى أخِيكَ عِيسُو. وَهُوَ أيضاً قادِمٌ لِلِقائِكَ، وَمَعَهُ أرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ.»

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.

7 ف َخافَ يَعقُوبُ وَتَضايَقَ جِدّاً. وَقَسَّمَ جَماعَتَهُ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالغَنَمَ وَالبَقَرَ وَالجِمالَ إلَى مَجمُوعَتَينِ.

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;

8 إ ذْ قالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «إذا هَجَمَ عِيسُو عَلَى المَجمُوعَةِ الأُولَى وَأهلَكَها، سَتَنجُو الثّانِيَةُ.»

and said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

9 ث ُمَّ صَلَّى يَعقُوبُ: «يا إلَهَ أبِي إبْراهِيمَ! وَيا إلَهَ إسْحاقَ أبِي! أنتَ قُلْتَ لِي، يا اللهُ: ‹عُدْ إلَى أهلِكَ وَإلَى عائِلَتِكَ، وَأنا سَأصْنَعُ مَعَكَ خَيراً.›

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:

10 أ نا لَسْتُ جَدِيراً بِكُلِّ أعمالِ لُطفِكَ وَوَفائِكَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَها مَعِي أنا، عَبْدَكَ. عِندَما عَبَرْتُ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ لِأوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، لَمْ تَكُنْ لَدَيَّ إلّا عَصايَ، وَها أنا أعُودُ بِمُعَسْكَرَينِ.

 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.

11 ف َخَلِّصْنِي مِنْ يَدِ أخِي عِيسُو. فَأنا أخشَى أنْ يَأْتِيَ وَيَقْتُلَنِي، وَأنْ يَقْتُلَ حَتَّى الأُمَّهاتِ مَعَ الأبْناءِ.

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.

12 أ نْتَ قُلْتَ: ‹سَأصْنَعُ مَعَكَ خَيراً، وَسَأجعَلُ نَسلَكَ بِعَدَدِ رَملِ البَحْرِ، الَّذِي لا يُحصَى لِكَثْرَتِهِ.›»

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.

13 و َباتَ يَعقُوبُ تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةَ هُناكَ. ثُمَّ انتَقَى مِمّا حَصَلَ عَلَيهِ هَدِيَّةً لِأخِيهِ عِيسُو:

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

14 م ِئَتَي عَنْزَةٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ تَيساً، وَمِئَتَي نَعجَةٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ كَبْشاً.

two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

15 ث َلاثِينَ ناقَةً مَعَ أولادِها، وَأرْبَعِينَ بَقَرَةً وَأرْبَعِينَ ثَوْراً، وَعِشْرِينَ أتاناً وَعَشْرَةَ حَمِيرٍ.

thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

16 و َوَضَعَ كُلَّ قَطِيعٍ وَحْدَهُ فِي عُهْدَةِ أحَدِ خُدّامِهِ. ثُمَّ قالَ لِخُدّامِهِ: «اسْبِقُونِي، وَاتْرُكُوا مَسافَةً بَينَ قَطِيعٍ وَقَطِيعٍ.»

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.

17 و َأوْصَى يَعقُوبُ خادِمَهُ الأوَّلَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «عِندَما يُلاقِيكَ أخِي عِيسُو، وَيَسْألُكَ: ‹مَنْ سَيِّدُكَ! وَإلَى أينَ أنتَ ذاهِبٌ؟ وَلِمَنْ هَذِهِ الحَيواناتُ الَّتِي أمامَكَ؟›

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?

18 ف َقُلْ لَهُ: ‹إنَّها لِعَبْدِكَ يَعقُوبَ، وَهِيَ هَدِيَّةٌ مُرْسَلَةٌ إلَيكَ، يا سَيِّدِي عِيسُو. وَها هُوَ آتٍ خَلْفِي.›»

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.

19 ث ُمَّ أوْصَى يَعقُوبُ خادِمَهُ الثّانِي ثُمَّ الثّالِثَ وَجَمِيعَ الخُدّامِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَتبَعُونَ القُطعانَ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «قُولُوا الكَلامَ نَفْسَهُ لِعِيسُو عِندَما تَجِدُونَهُ.

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.

20 و َقُولُوا لَهُ: ‹ها هُوَ خادِمُكَ يَعقُوبُ آتٍ خَلْفَنا.›» فَقَدْ قالَ يَعقُوبُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «سَأسْتَرْضِيهِ بِالهَدِيَّةِ الَّتِي تَسْبِقُنِي. وَسَأراهُ فِيما بَعْدُ وَجْهاً لِوَجهٍ. فَحِينَئِذٍ، رُبَّما أحظَى بِرِضاهُ.»

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.

21 ف َمَضَتِ الهَدِيَّةُ أمامَ يَعقُوبَ. أمّا يَعْقُوبُ فَأمضَى تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ.

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

22 و َفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ قامَ وَأخَذَ زَوْجَتَيهِ وَخُدّامَهُ وَخادِماتِهِ وَعَبَرَ نُهَيرَ يَبُّوقَ، عِنْدَ المَعبَرِ.

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.

23 أ خَذَهُمْ وَأرْسَلَهُمْ عَبْرَ الوادِي، وَأرْسَلَ أيضاً كُلَّ ما كانَ لَهُ. يَعْقُوبُ يُجاهدُ معَ الله

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

24 أ مّا يَعقُوبُ فَبَقِيَ وَحدَهُ. وَتَصارَعَ إنْسانٌ مَعَهُ هُناكَ حَتَّى طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ.

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

25 ف َلَمّا رَأى الإنْسانُ أنَّهُ لا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ، ضَرَبَ مِفْصَلَ فَخذِ يَعقُوبَ فانخَلَعَ وَهُوَ يُصارِعُهُ.

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.

26 ث ُمَّ قالَ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «أطلِقْنِي، فَها الفَجْرُ يَبْزُغُ.» فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ: «لَنْ أُطلِقَكَ حَتَّى تُبارِكَنِي!»

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

27 ف َقالَ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ما اسْمُكَ؟» فَقالَ: «اسْمِي يَعقُوبُ.»

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

28 ف َقالَ لَهُ: «لَنْ تُدعَى يَعقُوبَ فِيما بَعْدُ، بَلْ إسْرائِيلَ. فَأنتَ جاهَدْتَ مَعَ اللهِ وَمَعَ النّاسِ، وَفُزْتَ.»

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.

29 ف َسَألَهُ يَعقُوبُ: «أخبِرْنِي بِاسْمِكَ.» فَقالَ: «لِماذا تَسألُ عَنِ اسْمِي؟» ثُمَّ بارَكَهُ هُناكَ.

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.

30 و َسَمَّى يَعقُوبُ المَكانَ فَنِيئِيلَ. إذْ قالَ: «لَقَدْ رَأيتُ اللهَ وَجهاً لِوَجهٍ، لَكِنَّهُ أبقَى عَلَى حَياتِي.»

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

31 و َأشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَيهِ وَهُوَ مارٌّ بِفَنِيئِيلَ. وَكانَ يَعرُجُ بِسَبَبِ فَخذِهِ.

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

32 و َلِهَذا فَإنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لا يَأْكُلُونَ العَضَلَةَ الَّتي عَلَى مِفْصَلِ الفَخذِ إلَى هَذا اليَوْمِ، لِأنَّ يَعقُوبَ ضُرِبَ عَلَى عَضَلَةِ مِفصَلِ فَخذِهِ.

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.