1 N ow as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.

أمّا يَعقُوبُ فَواصَلَ طَرِيقَهُ وَلاقَتْهُ مَلائِكَةُ اللهِ.

2 J acob said when he saw them, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

فَلَمّا رَآهُمْ يَعقُوبُ قالَ: «هَذا مُعَسْكَرُ اللهِ!» فَسَمَّى ذَلِكَ المَكانَ مَحَنايِمَ.

3 T hen Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

ثُمَّ أرْسَلَ يَعقُوبُ أمامَهُ رُسُلاً إلَى أخِيهِ عِيسُو فِي أرْضِ سَعِيرَ، فِي حُقُولِ أدُومَ.

4 H e also commanded them saying, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob, “I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;

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

5 I have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

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

6 T he messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

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

7 T hen Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies;

فَخافَ يَعقُوبُ وَتَضايَقَ جِدّاً. وَقَسَّمَ جَماعَتَهُ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالغَنَمَ وَالبَقَرَ وَالجِمالَ إلَى مَجمُوعَتَينِ.

8 f or he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape.”

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

9 J acob 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 your relatives, and I will prosper you,’

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

10 I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

أنا 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.

11 D eliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.

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

12 F or You said, ‘ I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.’”

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

13 S o he spent the night there. Then he selected from what he had with him a present for his brother Esau:

وَباتَ يَعقُوبُ تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةَ هُناكَ. ثُمَّ انتَقَى مِمّا حَصَلَ عَلَيهِ هَدِيَّةً لِأخِيهِ عِيسُو:

14 t wo hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

مِئَتَي عَنْزَةٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ تَيساً، وَمِئَتَي نَعجَةٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ كَبْشاً.

15 t hirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

ثَلاثِينَ ناقَةً مَعَ أولادِها، وَأرْبَعِينَ بَقَرَةً وَأرْبَعِينَ ثَوْراً، وَعِشْرِينَ أتاناً وَعَشْرَةَ حَمِيرٍ.

16 H e delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on before me, and put a space between droves.”

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

17 H e commanded the one in front, saying, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’

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

18 t hen you shall say, ‘ These belong to your servant Jacob; it is a present sent to my lord Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.’”

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

19 T hen he commanded also the second and the third, and all those who followed the droves, saying, “After this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

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

20 a nd you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’” For he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

وَقُولُوا 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.»

21 S o the present passed on before him, while he himself spent that night in the camp.

فَمَضَتِ الهَدِيَّةُ أمامَ يَعقُوبَ. أمّا يَعْقُوبُ فَأمضَى تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ.

22 N ow he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

وَفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ قامَ وَأخَذَ زَوْجَتَيهِ وَخُدّامَهُ وَخادِماتِهِ وَعَبَرَ نُهَيرَ يَبُّوقَ، عِنْدَ المَعبَرِ.

23 H e took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent across whatever he had. Jacob Wrestles

أخَذَهُمْ وَأرْسَلَهُمْ عَبْرَ الوادِي، وَأرْسَلَ أيضاً كُلَّ ما كانَ لَهُ. يَعْقُوبُ يُجاهدُ معَ الله

24 T hen Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

أمّا يَعقُوبُ فَبَقِيَ وَحدَهُ. وَتَصارَعَ إنْسانٌ مَعَهُ هُناكَ حَتَّى طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ.

25 W hen he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him.

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

26 T hen he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “ I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

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

27 S o he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

فَقالَ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ما اسْمُكَ؟» فَقالَ: «اسْمِي يَعقُوبُ.»

28 H e said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.”

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

29 T hen Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.

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

30 S o Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “ I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”

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

31 N ow the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh.

وَأشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَيهِ وَهُوَ مارٌّ بِفَنِيئِيلَ. وَكانَ يَعرُجُ بِسَبَبِ فَخذِهِ.

32 T herefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

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