Read Bible Book Of Genesis Chapter 32 In Online
1 - Jacob Also Went On His Way, And The Angels Of God Met Him.
2 - When Jacob Saw Them, He Said, "This Is The Camp Of God!" So He Named That Place Mahanaim.
3 - Jacob Sent Messengers Ahead Of Him To His Brother Esau In The Land Of Seir, The Country Of Edom.
4 - He Instructed Them: "This Is What You Are To Say To My Master Esau: 'Your Servant Jacob Says, I Have Been Staying With Laban And Have Remained There Till Now.
5 - I Have Cattle And Donkeys, Sheep And Goats, Menservants And Maidservants. Now I Am Sending This Message To My Lord, That I May Find Favor In Your Eyes.' "
6 - 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 - 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 - He Thought, "If Esau Comes And Attacks One Group, The Group That Is Left May Escape."
9 - Then Jacob Prayed, "O God Of My Father Abraham, God Of My Father Isaac, O Lord , Who Said To Me, 'Go Back To Your Country And Your Relatives, And I Will Make You Prosper,'
10 - 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 Groups.
11 - 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 - 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 - He Spent The Night There, And From What He Had With Him He Selected A Gift For His Brother Esau:
14 - Two Hundred Female Goats And Twenty Male Goats, Two Hundred Ewes And Twenty Rams,
15 - Thirty Female Camels With Their Young, Forty Cows And Ten Bulls, And Twenty Female Donkeys And Ten Male Donkeys.
16 - 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 - He Instructed The One In The Lead: "When My Brother Esau Meets You And Asks, 'To Whom Do You Belong, And Where Are You Going, And Who Owns All These Animals In Front Of You?'
18 - 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 - 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 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 - So Jacob's Gifts Went On Ahead Of Him, But He Himself Spent The Night In The Camp.
22 - That Night Jacob Got Up And Took His Two Wives, His Two Maidservants And His Eleven Sons And Crossed The Ford Of The Jabbok.
23 - After He Had Sent Them Across The Stream, He Sent Over All His Possessions.
24 - So Jacob Was Left Alone, And A Man Wrestled With Him Till Daybreak.
25 - 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 - 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 - The Man Asked Him, "What Is Your Name?" "Jacob," He Answered.
28 - Then The Man Said, "Your Name Will No Longer Be Jacob, But Israel, Because You Have Struggled With God And With Men And Have Overcome."
29 - Jacob Said, "Please Tell Me Your Name." But He Replied, "Why Do You Ask My Name?" Then He Blessed Him There.
30 - So Jacob Called The Place Peniel, Saying, "It Is Because I Saw God Face To Face, And Yet My Life Was Spared."
31 - The Sun Rose Above Him As He Passed Peniel, And He Was Limping Because Of His Hip.
32 - 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.
