Genesis 32 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 As Jacob went on his way, angels from God met him. Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 As he was watching them, Jacob said, |This must be God's camp,| so he named that place Mahanaim. And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
3 Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him into the land of Seir (that is, into the territory of Edom) to meet his brother Esau. And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 He instructed them, |This is what you are to say to my master Esau: 'Your servant Jacob told me to tell you, |I've journeyed to stay with Laban and I've remained there until now. instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now. He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now.
5 I now have cattle, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. I'm sending this message to you, sir, so that you'll show favor to me.|'| I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’” I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.’”
6 Later, the messengers returned to Jacob and reported, |We went to your brother Esau. He's now coming to meet you—and he has 400 men with him!| And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.” When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
7 Feeling mounting terror and distress, Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, doing the same with the flocks, the cattle, and the camels. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps, In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well.
8 Jacob was thinking, |If Esau comes to one group and attacks it, then the remaining group may escape.| thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.” He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.”
9 Then Jacob prayed, |O God of my father Abraham, O God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you who told me, 'Return to your country and to your relatives and I'll cause things to go well for you.' And 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 your kindred, that I may do you good,’ Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, LORD, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’
10 I'm unworthy of all your gracious love, your faithfulness, and everything that you've done for your servant. When I first crossed over this river, I had only my staff. But now I've become two groups. I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
11 Deliver me from my brother Esau's control, because I'm terrified of him, and I'm afraid that he's coming to attack me, the mothers, and their children. Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.
12 Now, you promised me that 'I'm certainly going to cause things to go well with you, and I'm going to make your offspring as numerous as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'| But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’” But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”
13 Jacob spent the night there. Out of everything that he had brought with him, he chose a gift for his brother Esau— So he stayed there that night, and from what he had with him he took a present for his brother Esau, He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15 30 milking camels with their young, 40 cows with ten bulls, and 20 female donkeys with ten male donkeys. thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
16 He entrusted them into the care of his servants, one herd at a time. Then he told his servants, |Go in front of me, making sure there's plenty of space between herds.| These he handed over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.” He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”
17 To the first group he said, |When you meet my brother Esau, if he asks, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And to whom do these herds belong?' He instructed the first, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these ahead of you?’ He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’
18 then you are to reply, 'We're from your servant Jacob. The herds are a gift. He's sending them to my master, Esau. Look! There he is, coming along behind us.'| then you shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.’” then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’”
19 He issued similar instructions to the second and third group, as well as to all the others who drove the herds that followed: |This is how you are to speak to Esau when you find him. He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him, He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20 You are to tell him, 'Look! Your servant Jacob is coming along behind us.'| Jacob was thinking, |I'll pacify him with the presents that are being sent ahead of me. Then, when I meet him, perhaps he'll accept me.| and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.” And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
21 So the presents went ahead of him, while he spent that night in the camp. So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp. So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
22 Later that night, he woke up, quickly took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven children, and forded the river at Jabbok. The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23 He took them across the river, along with all his possessions. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.
24 And so Jacob was left alone, and he struggled with a man until daybreak. And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
25 When the man realized that he hadn't yet won the struggle, he injured the socket of Jacob's thigh, dislocating it as he wrestled with him, When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
26 and said, |Let me go, because the dawn has come.| |I won't let you go,| Jacob replied, |unless you bless me.| Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 Then the man asked him, |What's your name?| |Jacob,| he responded And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.
28 |Your name won't be Jacob anymore,| the man replied, |but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you've emerged victorious.| Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”
29 |Please,| Jacob inquired, |Tell me your name.| But he asked, |Why are you asking about my name?| And he blessed Jacob there. Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.
30 Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because |I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.| So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
31 The sun was rising above Jacob as he crossed over from Peniel, limping due to his wounded thigh. The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.
32 Therefore, to this day the Israelis do not eat the hip tendon that connects to the thigh socket, because he had injured the socket of the thigh where the tendon connected to Jacob's hip. Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip on the sinew of the thigh. Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.
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