GENESIS Chapter 32
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32:1 As Jacob went
on his way, some angels met him. |
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32:2 When he saw
them, he said, "This is God's camp"; so he named the place Mahanaim. |
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32:3 Jacob sent
messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the country of Edom. |
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32:4 He instructed
them to say: "I, Jacob, your obedient servant, report to my master Esau
that I have been staying with Laban and that I have delayed my return until
now. |
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32:5 I own cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and slaves. I am
sending you word, sir, in the hope of gaining your favor." |
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32:6 When the
messengers came back to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau,
and he is already on his way to meet you. He has four hundred men with
him." |
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32:7 Jacob was
frightened and worried. He divided into two groups the people who were with
him, and also his sheep, goats, cattle, and camels. |
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32:8 He thought,
"If Esau comes and attacks the first group, the
other may be able to escape." |
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32:9 Then Jacob
prayed, "God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, hear me! You told me, LORD, to go back to my land
and to my relatives, and you would make everything go well for me. |
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32:10 I am not worth
all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I
crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back
with these two groups. |
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32:11 Save me, I
pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid---afraid that he is coming to attack
us and destroy us all, even the women and children. |
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32:12 Remember that
you promised to make everything go well for me and to give me more
descendants than anyone could count, as many as the grains of sand along the
seashore." |
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32:13 After spending
the night there, Jacob chose from his livestock as a present for his brother
Esau: 200 female goats and 20 males, 200 female sheep and 20 males, 30 milk
camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10
males. |
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32:14 (SEE 32:13)
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32:15 (SEE 32:13)
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32:16 He divided
them into herds and put one of his servants in charge of each herd. He said
to them, "Go ahead of me, and leave a space between each herd and the
one behind it." |
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32:17 He ordered the
first servant, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'Who is your
master? Where are you going? Who owns these animals in front of you?' |
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32:18 you must
answer, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. He sends them as a present to his
master Esau. Jacob himself is right behind us.' " |
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32:19 He gave the
same order to the second, the third, and to all the others who were in charge
of the herds: "This is what you must say to Esau when you meet him. |
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32:20 You must say,
'Yes, your servant Jacob is right behind us.' " Jacob
was thinking, "I will win him over with the gifts, and when I meet him,
perhaps he will forgive me." |
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32:21 He sent the
gifts on ahead of him and spent that night in camp. |
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32:22 That same
night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two concubines, and his eleven
children, and crossed the Jabbok River. |
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32:23 After he had
sent them across, he also sent across all that he owned, |
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32:24 but he stayed
behind, alone. Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before
daybreak. |
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32:25 When the man
saw that he was not winning the struggle, he hit Jacob on the hip, and it was
thrown out of joint. |
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32:26 The man said,
"Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless
me," Jacob answered. |
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32:27 "What is
your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he answered. |
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32:28 The man said,
"Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with
men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel." |
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32:29 Jacob said,
"Now tell me your name." But he answered, "Why do you want to
know my name?" Then he blessed Jacob. |
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32:30 Jacob said,
"I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named
the place Peniel. |
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32:31 The sun rose
as Jacob was leaving Peniel, and he was limping
because of his hip. |
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32:32 Even today the
descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint,
because it was on this muscle that Jacob was hit. |
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