32Genesis 32

CHAP. XXXII. / 1 Iacobs vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esaus comming. 9 He prayeth for deliuerance. 13 Hee sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an Angel at Pen

1And Iacob went on his way, and the Angels of God met him.Select Genesis 32:1

2And when Iacob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste: and hee called the name of that place Mahanaim.Select Genesis 32:2

3And Iacob sent messengers before him, to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir, the countrey of Edom.Select Genesis 32:3

4And he commaunded them, saying, Thus shall ye speake vnto my lord Esau, Thy seruant Iacob saith thus, I haue soiourned with Laban, and stayed there vntill now.Select Genesis 32:4

5And I haue oxen, and asses, flockes, and men seruants and women seruants: and I haue sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.Select Genesis 32:5

6And the messengers returned to Iacob, saying, Wee came to thy brother Esau, and also he commeth to meet thee, and foure hundred men with him.Select Genesis 32:6

7Then Iacob was greatly afraid, and distressed, and he diuided the people that was with him, and the flockes, and herdes, and the camels into two bands,Select Genesis 32:7

8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, shall escape.Select Genesis 32:8

9And Iacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst vnto me, Returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kinred, and I will deale well with thee:Select Genesis 32:9

10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe I passed ouer this Iordan, and now I am become two bands.Select Genesis 32:10

11Deliuer me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I feare him, lest he will come, and smite me, and the mother with the children.Select Genesis 32:11

12And thou saidst, I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbred for multitude.Select Genesis 32:12

13And he lodged there that same night, and tooke of that which came to his hand, a present for Esau his brother:Select Genesis 32:13

14Two hundred shee goats, and twentie hee goats, two hundred ewes, and twentie rammes,Select Genesis 32:14

15Thirtie milch camels with their colts, fortie kine, and ten bulles, twenty shee ashes, and ten foales.Select Genesis 32:15

16And hee deliuered them into the hand of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and said vnto his seruants, Passe ouer before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.Select Genesis 32:16

17And he commanded the formost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?Select Genesis 32:17

18Then thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iacobs: it is a present sent vnto my lord Esau: and behold also, he is behind vs.Select Genesis 32:18

19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droues, saying, On this maner shal you speake vnto Esau, when you find him.Select Genesis 32:19

20And say ye moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iacob is behind vs: for he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peraduenture he will accept of me.Select Genesis 32:20

21So went the present ouer before him: and himselfe lodged that night in the company.Select Genesis 32:21

22And hee rose vp that night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two women seruants, and his eleuen sonnes, and passed ouer the foord Iabbok.Select Genesis 32:22

23And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the brooke, and sent ouer that hee had.Select Genesis 32:23

24And Iacob was left alone: and there wrestled a man with him, vntill the breaking of the day.Select Genesis 32:24

25And when he saw, that he preuailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Iacobs thigh was out of ioynt, as hee wrestled with him.Select Genesis 32:25

26And he said, Let me goe, for the day breaketh: and he said, I will not let thee goe, except thou blesse me.Select Genesis 32:26

27And he said vnto him, What is thy name? and he said, Iacob.Select Genesis 32:27

28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Iacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast preuailed.Select Genesis 32:28

29And Iacob asked him, and saide, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: and he said, wherefore is it, that thou doest aske after my name? and he blessed him there.Select Genesis 32:29

30And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.Select Genesis 32:30

31And as he passed ouer Penuel, the sunne rose vpon him, and he halted vpon his thigh.Select Genesis 32:31

32Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe which shranke, which is vpon the hollow of the thigh, vnto this day: because hee touched the hollow of Iacobs thigh, in the sinewe that shranke.Select Genesis 32:32