Genesis 32
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- 1And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.
- 2And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.
- 3Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
- 4And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
- וַיְצַ֤ו
- אֹתָם֙
- לֵאמֹ֔ר
- כֹּ֣ה
- כֹּ֣הkohthusH3541
- תֹאמְר֔וּן
- לַֽאדֹנִ֖י
- לְעֵשָׂ֑ו
- כֹּ֤ה
- כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
- אָמַר֙
- אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH0559
- עַבְדְּךָ֣
- יַעֲקֹ֔ב
- יַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- עִם־
- עִם'im-withH5973A
- לָבָ֣ן
- לָבָ֣ןla.VanLabanH3837A
- גַּ֔רְתִּי
- גַּ֔רְתִּיGar.tiI have sojournedH1481A
- וָאֵחַ֖ר
- עַד־
- עַד'ad-untilH5704
- עָֽתָּה׃
- עָֽתָּה'A.tahnowH6258
- 5And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
- 6When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
- וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙
- הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים
- אֶֽל־
- אֶֽל'el-toH0413
- יַעֲקֹ֖ב
- יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- לֵאמֹ֑ר
- בָּ֤אנוּ
- בָּ֤אנוּBa.nuwe wentH0935G
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- אָחִ֙יךָ֙
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- עֵשָׂ֔ו
- עֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavEsauH6215G
- וְגַם֙
- הֹלֵ֣ךְ
- הֹלֵ֣ךְho.Lekh[he is] comingH1980H
- לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔
- וְאַרְבַּע־
- מֵא֥וֹת
- מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
- אִ֖ישׁ
- אִ֖ישׁ'ishmanH0376G
- עִמּֽוֹ׃
- 7Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
- 8And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
- 9Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
- וַיֹּאמֶר֮
- יַעֲקֹב֒
- יַעֲקֹב֒ya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- אֱלֹהֵי֙
- אֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.HeiO God ofH0430G
- אָבִ֣י
- אַבְרָהָ֔ם
- אַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH0085
- וֵאלֹהֵ֖י
- אָבִ֣י
- יִצְחָ֑ק
- יִצְחָ֑קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327
- יְהוָ֞ה
- יְהוָ֞הYah.wehO YahwehH3068G
- הָאֹמֵ֣ר
- אֵלַ֗י
- שׁ֧וּב
- שׁ֧וּבshuvreturnH7725G
- לְאַרְצְךָ֛
- וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖
- וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה
- עִמָּֽךְ׃
- 10I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
- קָטֹ֜נְתִּי
- קָטֹ֜נְתִּיka.To.ne.tiI am [too] insignificantH6994
- מִכֹּ֤ל
- הַחֲסָדִים֙
- וּמִכָּל־
- הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- עָשִׂ֖יתָ
- עָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.tayou have doneH6213A
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-withH0854
- עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkiforH3588A
- בְמַקְלִ֗י
- עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙
- עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Var.tiI passed overH5674A
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן
- הַזֶּ֔ה
- וְעַתָּ֥ה
- הָיִ֖יתִי
- הָיִ֖יתִיha.Yi.tiI have becomeH1961
- לִשְׁנֵ֥י
- מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
- מַחֲנֽוֹתma.cha.NotcampsH4264
- קָטֹ֜נְתִּי
- 11Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
- הַצִּילֵ֥נִי
- נָ֛א
- נָ֛אna'pleaseH4994
- מִיַּ֥ד
- אָחִ֖י
- מִיַּ֣ד
- עֵשָׂ֑ו
- עֵשָׂ֑ו'e.SavEsauH6215G
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- יָרֵ֤א
- יָרֵ֤אya.Re'[am] fearingH3373
- אָנֹכִי֙
- אָנֹכִי֙'a.no.KhiIH0595
- אֹת֔וֹ
- פֶּן־
- פֶּןpen-lestH6435
- יָב֣וֹא
- יָב֣וֹאya.Vo'he should comeH0935G
- וְהִכַּ֔נִי
- אֵ֖ם
- אֵ֖ם'emmotherH0517
- עַל־
- עַל'al-withH5921A
- בָּנִֽים׃
- בָּנִֽיםba.NimchildrenH1121A
- 12And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
- וְאַתָּ֣ה
- אָמַ֔רְתָּ
- אָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou have saidH0559
- הֵיטֵ֥ב
- הֵיטֵ֥בhei.Tevcertainly <to do good>H3190
- אֵיטִ֖יב
- אֵיטִ֖יב'ei.TivI will do goodH3190
- עִמָּ֑ךְ
- וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י
- אֶֽת־
- אֶֽת'et-<obj.>H0853
- זַרְעֲךָ֙
- כְּח֣וֹל
- הַיָּ֔ם
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- לֹא־
- לֹאlo'-notH3808
- יִסָּפֵ֖ר
- יִסָּפֵ֖רyi.sa.Ferit will be countedH5608A
- מֵרֹֽב׃
- 13Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,
- 14Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
- 15Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
- גְּמַלִּ֧ים
- גְּמַלִּ֧יםge.ma.LimcamelsH1581
- מֵינִיק֛וֹת
- מֵינִיק֛וֹתmei.ni.KotsucklingH3243H
- וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם
- שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים
- שְׁלֹשִׁ֑יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
- פָּר֤וֹת
- פָּר֤וֹתpa.RotcowsH6510
- אַרְבָּעִים֙
- אַרְבָּעִים֙'ar.ba.'ImfortyH0705
- וּפָרִ֣ים
- עֲשָׂרָ֔ה
- עֲשָׂרָ֔ה'a.sa.RahtenH6235
- אֲתֹנֹ֣ת
- אֲתֹנֹ֣ת'a.to.Notfemale donkeysH0860
- עֶשְׂרִ֔ים
- עֶשְׂרִ֔ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
- וַעְיָרִ֖ם
- עֲשָׂרָֽה׃
- עֲשָׂרָֽה'a.sa.RahtenH6235
- גְּמַלִּ֧ים
- 16These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.
- וַיִּתֵּן֙
- בְּיַד־
- עֲבָדָ֔יו
- עֵ֥דֶר
- עֵ֥דֶר'E.derherdH5739
- עֵ֖דֶר
- עֵ֖דֶר'E.derherdH5739
- לְבַדּ֑וֹ
- וַ֤יֹּאמֶר
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- עֲבָדָיו֙
- עִבְר֣וּ
- עִבְר֣וּ'iv.Rupass overH5674A
- לְפָנַ֔י
- וְרֶ֣וַח
- תָּשִׂ֔ימוּ
- תָּשִׂ֔ימוּta.Si.muyou will putH7760H
- בֵּ֥ין
- בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH0996G
- עֵ֖דֶר
- עֵ֖דֶר'E.dera herdH5739
- וּבֵ֥ין
- עֵֽדֶר׃
- עֵֽדֶר'E.dera herdH5739
- 17And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?
- 18Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.
- 19And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;
- וַיְצַ֞ו
- גַּ֣ם
- גַּ֣םgambothH1571
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הַשֵּׁנִ֗י
- גַּ֚ם
- גַּ֚םgamas well asH1571
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
- גַּ֚ם
- גַּ֚םgamas well asH1571
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- כָּל־
- כָּלkol-allH3605
- הַהֹ֣לְכִ֔ים
- אַחֲרֵ֥י
- אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReibehindH0310A
- הָעֲדָרִ֖ים
- לֵאמֹ֑ר
- כַּדָּבָ֤ר
- הַזֶּה֙
- תְּדַבְּר֣וּן
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- עֵשָׂ֔ו
- עֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavEsauH6215G
- בְּמֹצַאֲכֶ֖ם
- אֹתֽוֹ׃
- 20And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.
- וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם
- גַּ֗ם
- גַּ֗םGamalsoH1571
- הִנֵּ֛ה
- הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehthere!H2009
- עַבְדְּךָ֥
- יַעֲקֹ֖ב
- יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- אָמַ֞ר
- אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saidH0559
- אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה
- אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה'a.kha.pe.RahI will coverH3722A
- פָנָ֗יו
- בַּמִּנְחָה֙
- הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת
- לְפָנָ֔י
- וְאַחֲרֵי־
- כֵן֙
- כֵן֙khenthusH3651C
- אֶרְאֶ֣ה
- אֶרְאֶ֣ה'er.'EhI will seeH7200G
- פָנָ֔יו
- אוּלַ֖י
- אוּלַ֖י'u.LaiperhapsH0194
- יִשָּׂ֥א
- יִשָּׂ֥אyi.Sa'he will lift upH5375Q
- פָנָֽי׃
- 21So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
- 22And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.
- וַיָּ֣קָם׀
- בַּלַּ֣יְלָה
- ה֗וּא
- ה֗וּאHu'thatH1931
- וַיִּקַּ֞ח
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- שְׁתֵּ֤י
- שְׁתֵּ֤יshe.Tei[the] twoH8147
- נָשָׁיו֙
- וְאֶת־
- שְׁתֵּ֣י
- שְׁתֵּ֣יshe.Tei[the] twoH8147
- שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יו
- וְאֶת־
- אַחַ֥ד
- אַחַ֥ד'a.Chadone [plus]H0259
- עָשָׂ֖ר
- עָשָׂ֖ר'a.SartenH6240
- יְלָדָ֑יו
- וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר
- אֵ֖ת
- אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H0853
- מַעֲבַ֥ר
- מַעֲבַ֥רma.'a.Var[the] ford ofH4569A
- יַבֹּֽק׃
- יַבֹּֽקya.BokJabbokH2999
- 23He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
- 24Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
- 25But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.
- 26And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
- 27Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
- 28And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
- וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
- לֹ֤א
- לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
- יַעֲקֹב֙
- יַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- יֵאָמֵ֥ר
- יֵאָמֵ֥רye.'a.Merit will be calledH0559
- עוֹד֙
- עוֹד֙'OdagainH5750
- שִׁמְךָ֔
- כִּ֖י
- כִּ֖יkithatH3588B
- אִם־
- אִם'im-exceptH0518B
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- שָׂרִ֧יתָ
- שָׂרִ֧יתָsa.Ri.tayou have struggledH8280
- עִם־
- עִם'im-withH5973A
- אֱלֹהִ֛ים
- אֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimGodH0430G
- וְעִם־
- אֲנָשִׁ֖ים
- אֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimpeopleH0582
- וַתּוּכָֽל׃
- 29Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.
- 30And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
- וַיִּקְרָ֧א
- יַעֲקֹ֛ב
- יַעֲקֹ֛בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- שֵׁ֥ם
- שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name ofH8034
- הַמָּק֖וֹם
- פְּנִיאֵ֑ל
- פְּנִיאֵ֑לpe.ni.'ElPenielH6439G
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- רָאִ֤יתִי
- רָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200G
- אֱלֹהִים֙
- אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH0430G
- פָּנִ֣ים
- פָּנִ֣יםpa.NimfaceH6440H
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- פָּנִ֔ים
- פָּנִ֔יםpa.NimfaceH6440H
- וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל
- נַפְשִֽׁי׃
- 31And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.
- 32For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.
- עַל־
- עַל'al-there-H5921A
- כֵּ֡ן
- כֵּ֡ןken-foreH3651C
- לֹֽא־
- לֹֽאlo'-notH3808
- יֹאכְל֨וּ
- יֹאכְל֨וּyo.khe.Luthey eatH0398
- בְנֵֽי־
- בְנֵֽיve.nei-[the] people ofH1121G
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- גִּ֣יד
- גִּ֣ידgid[the] sinew ofH1517
- הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה
- אֲשֶׁר֙
- אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH0834A
- עַל־
- עַל'al-[is] onH5921A
- כַּ֣ף
- כַּ֣ףkaf[the] socket ofH3709I
- הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ
- עַ֖ד
- עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704
- הַיּ֣וֹם
- הַזֶּ֑ה
- כִּ֤י
- כִּ֤יkiforH3588A
- נָגַע֙
- נָגַע֙na.Ga'he touchedH5060
- בְּכַף־
- יֶ֣רֶךְ
- יֶ֣רֶךְYe.rekh[the] thigh ofH3409
- יַעֲקֹ֔ב
- יַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- בְּגִ֖יד
- הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃
- עַל־
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