1 أ مّا يَعقُوبُ فَواصَلَ طَرِيقَهُ وَلاقَتْهُ مَلائِكَةُ اللهِ.

Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.

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

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he gave the place the name Mahanaim.

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

Jacob sent men to carry news before him to his brother Esau in 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.

He told them, “Say this to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, “I have been living with Laban, and stayed there until now.

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

I have cattle and donkeys and flocks and men and women servants. And I have sent to tell my lord, hoping to find favor in your eyes.’”

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

The men that carried the news returned to Jacob and said, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

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

Then Jacob was afraid and troubled. And he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and cattle and camels, into two groups.

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

For he said, “If Esau comes to the one group and destroys it, then the other group will get away.”

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.›

Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, Who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to those of your family, and I will bring good to you.’

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 have not earned any of the loving-kindness and faith which You have shown to your servant. For I had crossed this Jordan with only my walking stick. And now I have become two large groups.

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

Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the power of Esau. For I am afraid of him. I am afraid he will come and kill us all, the mothers with the children.

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

But You said, ‘I will bring good to you. I will make your children like the sand of the sea. There will be too many to number.’”

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

So Jacob stayed there that night. Then he chose a gift from what he had for his brother Esau:

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

Two hundred female goats, twenty male goats, two hundred female sheep, twenty rams,

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

thirty milk camels and their young ones, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

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

He put them into the care of his servants, every group of animals by itself. Then he said to his servants, “Go in front of me. And keep the groups of animals apart.”

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

He told the one in front, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and who owns these animals in front of you?’

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

then you say, ‘These belong to your servant Jacob. It is a gift sent to my lord Esau. And he is coming 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.

He also told the second and the third and all those who followed the animals, “This is what you are to say to Esau when you meet 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 be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he said, “I will take away his anger with the gift that goes in front of me. Then when I meet him, he might receive me.”

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

So the gift went in front of him, while he stayed that night in the tent. Jacob’s Name Is Changed to Israel

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

But he got up that same night and crossed the Jabbok River, with his two wives, the two women who served him, and his eleven children.

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

He took them and sent them to the other side of the river with all that he had.

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

Then Jacob was left alone. And a man fought with him until morning.

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

When the man saw that he was not winning he touched the joint of Jacob’s thigh. And Jacob’s thigh was put out of joint while he fought with him.

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

The man said, “Let me go. For the morning has come.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you pray that good will come to me.”

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

The man asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”

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

And the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel. For you have fought with God and with men, and have won.”

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

Then Jacob asked him, “Tell me, what is your name?” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he prayed that good would come to Jacob.

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

So Jacob gave the place the name of Peniel. For he said, “I have seen God face to face, and yet I am still alive.”

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

The sun rose upon him as he passed through Peniel. It was hard to walk on his leg.

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

So to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the meat from inside the joint of the thigh, because he touched this part of the joint on Jacob’s leg.