1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.32.2 Mahanaim: that is, Two hosts, or, camps
3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.32.3 country: Heb. field 4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6¶ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.32.10 I am not…: Heb. I am less than all 11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.32.11 with: Heb. upon 12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17And 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? 18Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20And say ye 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 of me.32.20 of me: Heb. my face 21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.32.23 sent them: Heb. caused to pass
24¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.32.24 breaking…: Heb. ascending of the morning 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.32.28 Israel: that is, A prince of God 29And 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. 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.32.30 Peniel: that is, The face of God 31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
雅各預備見以掃
1雅各繼續前行，遇見了上帝的天使。 2雅各看見他們，就說：「這是上帝的軍隊！」於是稱那地方為瑪哈念32·2 「瑪哈念」意思是「兩營軍隊」。。
3雅各先派人到西珥，就是以東，去見他哥哥以掃， 4並吩咐他們：「你們要這樣對我主以掃說，『你僕人雅各一直寄居在拉班家裡， 5現在他帶了牛羊、驢和僕婢回來見你，派我們來報信，希望得到你的恩待。』」
6報信的人回到雅各那裡，說：「我們到了你哥哥以掃那裡，他正帶著四百人前來見你。」 7雅各聽了非常害怕，便把隨從、牛群、羊群和駱駝分成兩隊， 8心想：「如果以掃來攻擊一隊，另一隊還可以逃生。」
9他禱告說：「耶和華，我祖父亞伯拉罕和我父親以撒的上帝啊！你吩咐我回到家鄉和親族那裡，答應厚待我。 10我不配蒙你以慈愛和信實相待，我先前過約旦河的時候，手上只有一根杖，現在卻有兩隊人丁家畜。 11求你救我脫離我哥哥以掃的手，我怕他會來殺我和我的妻兒。 12然而，你曾說，『我必厚待你，使你的後代多如海沙，不可勝數。』」
13那天晚上，雅各就在那裡過夜，又挑選牲畜送給哥哥以掃作禮物： 14母山羊二百隻、公山羊二十隻、母綿羊二百隻、公綿羊二十隻、 15哺乳的駱駝三十頭及其小駱駝、母牛四十頭、公牛十頭、母驢二十頭、驢駒十頭。 16雅各把牲畜每類分成一群，交給僕人看管，對他們說：「你們走在前頭，每群牲畜之間要保持一段距離！」 17又吩咐走在最前面的僕人說：「我哥哥以掃遇到你的時候，如果問你是誰家的人？要到哪裡去？前頭這些牲畜是誰的？ 18你就說，『是僕人雅各要送給他主人以掃的禮物，他自己就跟在後面。』」 19雅各又吩咐看管第二群、第三群及其餘牲畜的僕人遇見以掃時也要這樣回答， 20並且一定要說：「你僕人雅各就在後面。」雅各想先用禮物去化解以掃的怨恨，或許見面時以掃會善待他。 21於是，他派人先把禮物送過去，自己則留在營裡過夜。
雅各遇見上帝
22那天晚上，雅各起來帶著兩個妻子、兩個婢女和十一個兒子渡過雅博渡口。 23雅各把他們連同一切所有都送過河以後， 24自己獨自留下。這時，有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。 25那人見勝不過雅各，就在他的大腿窩摸了一下，他大腿的關節就脫了臼。 26那人說：「天亮了，讓我走吧！」但雅各說：「你不祝福我，我就不讓你走。」 27那人問道：「你叫什麼名字？」他說：「我叫雅各。」 28那人說：「你以後不要再叫雅各了，你要叫以色列，因為你跟上帝和人角力都得勝了。」
29雅各說：「請你告訴我你的名字。」那人說：「你為什麼問我的名字？」他就在那裡給雅各祝福。 30雅各稱那地方為毗努伊勒，因為他說：「我當面見過上帝，竟能活命。」 31雅各經過毗努伊勒的時候，太陽出來了，那時他的大腿瘸了。 32以色列人至今都不吃大腿窩的筋，因為那人摸過雅各大腿窩的筋。
