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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Genesis 32 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/32.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/32-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Genesis 32</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/31.htm" title="Genesis 31">◄</a> Genesis 32 <a href="../genesis/33.htm" title="Genesis 33">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/genesis/32.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:1 This v. is 32:2 in MT, and so through v. 33">a</a></span> As Jacob went on his way, angels from God met him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As he was watching them, Jacob said, “This must be God’s camp,” so he named that place Mahanaim.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:2 The Heb. name Mahanaim means two camps">b</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him into the land of Seir (that is, into the territory of Edom) to meet his brother Esau. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I now have cattle, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. I’m sending this message to you, sir,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:5 Lit. to my lord">c</a></span> so that you’ll show favor to me.”’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jacob was thinking, “If Esau comes to one group and attacks it, then the remaining group may escape.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Jacob prayed,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:9 Lit. said">d</a></span> “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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:12 Lit. seed">e</a></span> as numerous as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Jacob spent the night there. Out of everything that he had brought with him, he chose a gift for his brother Esau— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>30 milking camels with their young, 40 cows with ten bulls, and 20 female donkeys with ten male donkeys. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He entrusted them into the care of his servants, one herd at a time.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:16 Lit. herd by herd">f</a></span> Then he told his servants, “Go in front of me, making sure there’s plenty of space between herds.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:17 The Heb. lacks herds">g</a></span> belong?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>then you are to reply, ‘We’re from<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:18 Lit. To">h</a></span> your servant Jacob. The herds<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:18 Lit. They">i</a></span> are a gift. He’s sending them to my master, Esau. Look! There he is, coming along behind us.’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You are to tell him, ‘Look! Your servant Jacob is coming along behind us.’”</p> <p class="reg">Jacob was thinking, “I’ll pacify him with the presents that are being sent ahead of me. Then, when I meet him,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:20 Lit. I see his face">j</a></span> perhaps he’ll accept me.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:20 Lit. he’ll lift my face">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So the presents went<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:21 Lit. passed">l</a></span> ahead of him, while he spent that night in the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Later that night, he woke up, quickly took his two wives, his<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:22 The Heb. lacks his">m</a></span> two women servants, and his eleven children, and forded the river at Jabbok. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He took them across the river, along with all his possessions.</p> <p class="heading">Jacob Struggles with God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And so Jacob was left alone, and he struggled with a man until daybreak. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When the man realized that he hadn’t yet won the struggle, he injured the socket<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:25 Or hollow and so throughout the chapter">n</a></span> of Jacob’s thigh, dislocating it as he wrestled with him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and said, “Let me go, because the dawn has come.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:26 Lit. has ascended.">o</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">“I won’t let you go,” Jacob<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:26 Lit. he">p</a></span> replied, “unless you bless me.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then the man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:27 Lit. Then he">q</a></span> asked him, “What’s your name?”</p> <p class="reg">“Jacob,” he responded</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Your name won’t be<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:28 Lit. be called">r</a></span> Jacob anymore,” the man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:28 Lit. anymore,” he">s</a></span> replied, “but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you’ve emerged victorious.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Please,” Jacob inquired, “Tell me your name.”</p> <p class="reg">But he asked, “Why are you asking about my name?” And he blessed Jacob<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:29 Lit. him">t</a></span> there.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Jacob would later call that place Peniel,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:30 The Heb. name means facing God">u</a></span> because “I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The sun was rising above Jacob<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:31 Lit. him">v</a></span> as he crossed over from Peniel, limping due to his wounded thigh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/32-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 32:1 This v. is 32:2 in MT, and so through v. 33<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 32:2 The Heb. name <i>Mahanaim </i>means <i>two camps</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 32:5 Lit. <i>to my lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 32:9 Lit. <i>said</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 32:12 Lit.<i> seed</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 32:16 Lit. <i>herd by herd</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 32:17 The Heb. lacks <i>herds</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 32:18 Lit. <i>To</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 32:18 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 32:20 Lit. <i>I see his face</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 32:20 Lit. <i>he’ll lift my face</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 32:21 Lit. <i>passed</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 32:22 The Heb. lacks <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 32:25 Or <i>hollow</i> and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 32:26 Lit. <i>has ascended.</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 32:26 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 32:27 Lit. <i>Then he</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 32:28 Lit. <i>be called</i><br /><span 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