Genesis 32

vayyashkem lavan babboqer vayenasheq levanayw velivnotayw vayevarekh ethem vayyelekh vayyashov lavan limqomo

Early in the morning, Laban kissed his family and bade them good-by; then Laban left on his journey homeward.

veya'aqov halakh ledarko vayyifge'u-vo malakhe elohim

Jacob went on his way, and angels of God encountered him.

vayyomer ya'aqov ka'asher ra'am makhaneh elohim zeh vayyiqra shem-hammaqom hahu makhanayim

When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

vayyishlakh ya'aqov malakhim lefanayw el-esav akhiv artsah se'ir sedeh edom

Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

vayetsav otam lemor koh tomerun ladoni le'esav koh amar avdekha ya'aqov im-lavan garti va'ekhar ad-attah

and instructed them as follows, “Thus shall you say, ‘To my lord Esau, thus says your servant Jacob: I stayed with Laban and remained until now;

vayehi-li shor vakhamor tson ve'eved veshifkhah va'eshlekhah lehaggid ladoni limtso-khen be'enekha

I have acquired cattle, donkeys, sheep, and male and female slaves; and I send this message to my lord in the hope of gaining your favor.’”

vayyashuvu hammalakhim el-ya'aqov lemor banu el-akhikha el-esav vegam holekh liqratekha ve'arba-me'ot ish immo

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau; he himself is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”

vayyira ya'aqov me'od vayyetser lo vayyakhats et-ha'am asher-itto ve'et-hatson ve'et-habbaqar vehaggemallim lishne makhanot

Jacob was greatly frightened; in his anxiety, he divided the people with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps,

vayyomer im-yavo esav el-hammakhaneh ha'akhat vehikkahu vehayah hammakhaneh hannishar lifletah

thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, the other camp may yet escape.”

vayyomer ya'aqov elohe avi avraham velohe avi yitskhaq Adonai ha'omer elay shuv le'artsekha ulemoladtekha ve'etivah immakh

Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O ETERNAL One, who said to me, ‘Return to your native land and I will deal bountifully with you’!

qatoneti mikkol hakhasadim umikkol-ha'emet asher asita et-avdekha ki vemaqli avarti et-hayyarden hazzeh ve'attah hayiti lishne makhanot

I am unworthy of all the kindness that You have so steadfastly shown Your servant: with my staff alone I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

hatsileni na miyyad akhi miyyad esav ki-yare anokhi oto pen-yavo vehikkani em al-banim

Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; else, I fear, he may come and strike me down, mothers and children alike.

ve'attah amarta hetev etiv immakh vesamti et-zarakha kekhol hayyam asher lo-yissafer merov

Yet You have said, ‘I will deal bountifully with you and make your offspring as the sands of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’”

vayyalen sham ballaylah hahu vayyiqqakh min-habba veyado minkhah le'esav akhiv

After spending the night there, he selected from what was at hand these presents for his brother Esau:

izzim matayim uteyashim esrim rekhelim matayim ve'elim esrim

200 she-goats and 20 he-goats; 200 ewes and 20 rams;

gemallim meniqot uvenehem sheloshim parot arba'im ufarim asarah atonot esrim vayarim asarah

30 milch camels with their colts; 40 cows and 10 bulls; 20 jennies and 10 jackasses.

vayyitten beyad-avadayw eder eder levaddo vayyomer el-avadayw ivru lefanay verevakh tasimu ben eder uven eder

These he put in the charge of his servants, drove by drove, and he told his servants, “Go on ahead, and keep a distance between droves.”

vayetsav et-harishon lemor ki yifgoshkha esav akhi ushe'elekha lemor lemi-attah ve'anah telekh ulemi elleh lefanekha

He instructed the one in front as follows, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, ‘Who’s your master? Where are you going? And whose [animals] are these ahead of you?’

ve'amarta le'avdekha leya'aqov minkhah hiv shelukhah ladoni le'esav vehinneh gam-hu akharenu

you shall answer, ‘Your servant Jacob’s; they are a gift sent to my lord Esau; and [Jacob] himself is right behind us.’”

vayetsav gam et-hasheni gam et-hashelishi gam et-kol-haholekhim akhare ha'adarim lemor kaddavar hazzeh tedabberun el-esav bemotsa'akhem oto

He gave similar instructions to the second one, and the third, and all the others who followed the droves, namely, “Thus and so shall you say to Esau when you reach him.

va'amartem gam hinneh avdekha ya'aqov akharenu ki-amar akhapperah fanayw bamminkhah haholekhet lefanay ve'akhare-khen ereh fanayw ulay yissa fanay

And you shall add, ‘And your servant Jacob himself is right behind us.’” For he reasoned, “If I propitiate him with presents in advance, and then face him, perhaps he will show me favor.”

vatta'avor hamminkhah al-panayw vehu lan ballaylah-hahu bammakhaneh

And so the gift went on ahead, while he remained in camp that night.

vayyaqom ballaylah hu vayyiqqakh et-shete nashayw ve'et-shete shifkhotayw ve'et-akhad asar yeladayw vayya'avor et ma'avar yabboq

That same night he arose, and taking his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, he crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

vayyiqqakhem vayya'avirem et-hannakhal vayya'aver et-asher-lo

After taking them across the stream, he sent across all his possessions.

vayyivvater ya'aqov levaddo vayye'aveq ish immo ad alot hashakhar

Jacob was left alone. And a figure wrestled with him until the break of dawn.

vayyar ki lo yakhol lo vayyigga bekhaf-yerekho vatteqa kaf-yerekh ya'aqov behe'aveqo immo

When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he wrenched Jacob’s hip at its socket, so that the socket of his hip was strained as he wrestled with him.

vayyomer shallekheni ki alah hashakhar vayyomer lo ashallekhakha ki im-berakhtani

Then he said, “Let me go, for dawn is breaking.” But he answered, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”

vayyomer elayw mah-shemekha vayyomer ya'aqov

Said the other, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”

vayyomer lo ya'aqov ye'amer od shimkha ki im-yisra'el ki-sarita im-elohim ve'im-anashim vattukhal

Said he, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed.”

vayyishal ya'aqov vayyomer haggidah-nna shemekha vayyomer lammah zeh tishal lishmi vayevarekh oto sham

Jacob asked, “Pray tell me your name.” But he said, “You must not ask my name!” And he took leave of him there.

vayyiqra ya'aqov shem hammaqom peni'el ki-ra'iti elohim panim el-panim vattinnatsel nafshi

So Jacob named the place Peniel, meaning, “I have seen a divine being face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”

vayyizrakh-lo hashemesh ka'asher avar et-penu'el vehu tsolea al-yerekho

The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping on his hip.

al-ken lo-yokhelu vene-yisra'el et-gid hannasheh asher al-kaf hayyarekh ad hayyom hazzeh ki naga bekhaf-yerekh ya'aqov begid hannasheh

That is why the children of Israel to this day do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the socket of the hip, since Jacob’s hip socket was wrenched at the thigh muscle.