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<span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother: <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.</p> <p class="hdg">Jacob Wrestles with God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for,'said he , I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/32-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/genesis/32-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>