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 32:1 ¶ And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

 32:1 ¶ And Jacobº wentºº on his way,º and the angelsº of Godº metºº him.

 32:2 And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

 32:2 And whenº Jacobº sawº them,ºº he said,ºº Thisº [is] God'sº host:º and he calledºº the nameº of thatº placeº Mahanaim.º

 32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

 32:3 And Jacobº sentºº messengersº beforeº himº toº Esauº his brotherº unto the landº of Seir,º the countryº of Edom.º

 32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

 32:4 And he commandedºº them, saying,ºº Thusº shall ye speakºº unto my lordº Esau;º Thy servantº Jacobº saithºº thus,º I have sojournedºº withº Laban,º and stayed thereºº untilº now:º

 32:5 and I have oxen, and asses, [and] flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

 32:5 And I haveº oxen,º and asses,º flocks,º and menservants,º and womenservants:º and I have sentºº to tellºº my lord,º that I may findºº graceº in thy sight.º

 32:6 ¶ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

 32:6 ¶ And the messengersº returnedºº toº Jacob,º saying,ºº We cameºº toº thy brotherº Esau,º and alsoº he comethºº to meetº thee,ºº and fourº hundredº menº withº him.

 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

 32:7 Then Jacobº was greatlyº afraidººº and distressed:ºº and he dividedººº the peopleº thatº [was] withº him, and the flocks,º and herds,º and the camels,º into twoº bands;º

 32:8 and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

 32:8 And said,ºº Ifº Esauº comeºº toº the oneº company,º and smiteº it,ºº then the other companyº which is leftºº shall escape.º

 32:9 ¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

 32:9 ¶ And Jacobº said,ºº O Godº of my fatherº Abraham,º and Godº of my fatherº Isaac,º the LORDº which saidstºº untoº me, Returnºº unto thy country,º and to thy kindred,º and I will deal wellºº withº thee:

 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.

 32:10 I am not worthyº of the leastºº of allºº the mercies,º and of allºº the truth,º whichº thou hast shewedºº untoº thy servant;º forº with my staffº I passed overººº thisº Jordan;º and nowº I am becomeº twoº bands.º

 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

 32:11 Deliverº me,ºº I pray thee,º from the handºº of my brother,º from the handºº of Esau:º forº Iº fearºº him, lestº he will comeºº and smiteº me,ºº [and] the motherº withº the children.º

 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

 32:12 And thouº saidst,ºº I will surelyºº do thee good,ººº and makeººº thy seedº as the sandº of the sea,º whichº cannotº be numberedºº for multitude.ºº

 32:13 ¶ And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:

 32:13 ¶ And he lodgedºº thereº that sameº night;º and tookºº ofº that which cameºº to his handº a presentº for Esauº his brother;º

 32:14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

 32:14 Two hundredº she goats,º and twentyº he goats,º two hundredº ewes,º and twentyº rams,º

 32:15 thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

 32:15 Thirtyº milchºº camelsº with their colts,º fortyº kine,º and tenº bulls,º twentyº she asses,º and tenº foals.º

 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

 32:16 And he deliveredºº [them] into the handº of his servants,º every droveº by themselves;º and saidºº untoº his servants,º Pass overºº beforeº me,º and putºº a spaceº betwixtº droveº andº drove.º

 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

 32:17 And he commandedººº the foremost,º saying,ºº Whenº Esauº my brotherº meetethº thee,ºº and askethº thee,ºº saying,ºº Whoseº [art] thou?º and whitherº goestººº thou? and whoseº [are] theseº beforeº thee?

 32:18 then thou shalt say [They are] thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.

 32:18 Then thou shalt say,ºº [They be] thy servantº Jacob's;º itº [is] a presentº sentºº unto my lordº Esau:º and, behold,º alsoº heº [is] behindº us.º

 32:19 And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

 32:19 And soº commandedº heººº the second,º andºº the third,º andºº allº that followedººº the droves,º saying,ºº On thisº mannerº shall ye speakºº untoº Esau,º when ye findºº him.

 32:20 and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

 32:20 And sayº yeºº moreover,º Behold,º thy servantº Jacobº [is] behindº us.º Forº he said,ºº I will appeaseººº himº with the presentº that goethºº beforeº me,º and afterwardºº I will seeºº his face;º peradventureº he will acceptººº of me.º

 32:21 So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

 32:21 So wentºº the presentº overºº beforeºº him:º and himselfº lodgedºº thatº nightº in the company.º

 32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

 32:22 And he rose upºº thatº night,º and tookººº his twoº wives,º and his twoº womenservants,º and his elevenºº sons,º and passed overººº the fordº Jabbok.º

 32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

 32:23 And he tookº them,ºº and sent them overººº the brook,º and sent overººº thatº he had.

 32:24 ¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

 32:24 ¶ And Jacobº was leftºº alone;º and there wrestledºº a manº withº him untilº the breakingºº of the day.º

 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.

 32:25 And when he sawºº thatº he prevailedºº notº against him, he touchedºº the hollowº of his thigh;º and the hollowº of Jacob'sº thighº was out of joint,ºº as he wrestledºº withº him.

 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

 32:26 And he said,ºº Let me go,ºº forº the dayº breaketh.ºº And he said,ºº I will notº let thee go,ºº exceptºº thou blessºº me.

 32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

 32:27 And he saidºº untoº him, Whatº [is] thy name?º And he said,ºº Jacob.º

 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

 32:28 And he said,ºº Thy nameº shall be calledºº noº moreº Jacob,º butºº Israel:º forº as a prince hast thou powerºº withº Godº and withº men,ºº and hast prevailed.ºº

 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

 32:29 And Jacobº askedºº [him], and said,ºº Tellºº [me], I pray thee,º thy name.º And he said,ºº Whereforeº [is] itº [that] thou dost askºº after my name?º And he blessedºº him there.º

 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

 32:30 And Jacobº calledºº the nameº of the placeº Peniel:º forº I have seenºº Godº faceº toº face,º and my lifeº is preserved.ºº

 32:31 And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

 32:31 And asº he passed overººº Penuelº the sunº roseºº upon him, and heº haltedºº uponº his thigh.º

 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.

 32:32 Thereforeºº the childrenº of Israelº eatºº notº [of]º the sinewº which shrank,º whichº [is] uponº the hollowº of the thigh,º untoº thisº day:º becauseº he touchedºº the hollowº of Jacob'sº thighº in the sinewº that shrank.º