Genesis 32 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Jacob went on his way and the messengers of God met with 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 And Jacob will say when seeing them, This the camp of God: and he will call the name of that place the camps. 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 And Jacob will send messengers before his face to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Adam. 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 And he will command them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord to Esau, Thus thy servant Jacob said, With Laban I sojourned and lingered till 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 And there will be to me ox and ass, sheep and servant, and maid; and I shall send to announce to my lord to find grace in thine eyes. 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 And the messengers will turn back to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau, and also he came to thy meeting, and four hundred 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 And Jacob will be greatly afraid and it will press upon him: and he will divide the people which were with him, and the sheep and the oxen, and the camels, into two camps. 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 And he will say, If Esau shall come to the one camp and smite it, and the remaining camp was to 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 And Jacob will say, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaak, Jehovah having said to me, Turn back to thy land and to thy family, and I will do well with thee. 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 was little from all the kindness and from all the truth which thou didst to thy servant; for with my rod I passed over this Jordan, and now I became into two camps. 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 Take me away now from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest he shall come and smite me, the mother upon the sons. 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 And thou saidst, Doing well I will do well with thee, and I set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be counted for multitude. 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 And he will pass the night them in that night, and he will take from what came into his hand, a gift to Esau his brother. 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 Two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep and twenty 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 Camels giving suck, and their young, thirty; forty heifers and ten bulls; twenty she-asses and ten foals. 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 And he will give into the hand of his servants a flock, a flock itself alone; and he will say to his servants, Pass over before me, and ye shall put enlargement between flock and between flock. 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 And he will command the first, saying, When Esau my brother shall meet thee and ask thee saying, To whom thou? and whither wilt thou go? and to whom these before thee? 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 And thou saying, To thy servant, to Jacob: this a gift sent to my lord to Esau, and behold also he is 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 And he will command also the second, also the third, also all going behind the flocks, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau in your finding 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 And ye said, Also behold thy servant Jacob behind us. For he said, I will appease his face with the gift going before me, and after this I will see his face; perhaps he will receive my face. 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 And the gift will pass over before his face, and he remained in 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 And he will rise in that night and take his two wives and his two maids, and his eleven sons, and he will pass over the passage of 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 And he will take them and will cause them to pass through the torrent, and he will cause to pass through what is to him. 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 Jacob will be left alone by himself, and a man will wrestle with him till the ascending of the morning. 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 And he will see that he will not prevail over him and he will touch upon the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh will be alienated in his wrestling 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 he will say, Send me away, for the morning ascended: and he will say, I will not send thee away, unless thou didst 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 And he will say to him, What thy name? and he will say, Jacob. 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 And he will say, Thy name shall no more be said Jacob, but Israel, for thou wert a prince with God and with men, and thou shalt prevail. 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 And Jacob will ask and will say, Announce now, thy name: and he will say, For what this thou wilt ask for my name? and he will bless him 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 And Jacob will call the name of the place, the face of God: for I saw God lace to face, and my soul shall be saved. 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 And the sun will rise to him when he passed through the face of God, and he limped upon his 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 For this, the sons of Israel will not eat the sinew which dried up which is upon the hollow of the thigh, even till this day; for he touched upon the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew which dried up. 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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