Genesis 32

وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَمَضَى فِي طَرِيقِهِ وَلاَقَاهُ مَلاَئِكَةُ اللهِ.

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ إِذْ رَآهُمْ: «هذَا جَيْشُ اللهِ!». فَدَعَا اسْمَ ذلِكَ الْمَكَانِ «مَحَنَايِمَ».

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

وَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ رُسُلاً قُدَّامَهُ إِلَى عِيسُوَ أَخِيهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ سَعِيرَ بِلاَدِ أَدُومَ،

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

وَأَمَرَهُمْ قَائِلاً: «هكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُوَ: هكَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُكَ يَعْقُوبُ: تَغَرَّبْتُ عِنْدَ لاَبَانَ وَلَبِثْتُ إِلَى الآنَ.

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

وَقَدْ صَارَ لِي بَقَرٌ وَحَمِيرٌ وَغَنَمٌ وَعَبِيدٌ وَإِمَاءٌ. وَأَرْسَلْتُ لأُخْبِرَ سَيِّدِي لِكَيْ أَجِدَ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ».

And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

فَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ إِلَى يَعْقُوبَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَتَيْنَا إِلَى أَخِيكَ، إِلَى عِيسُو، وَهُوَ أَيْضًا قَادِمٌ لِلِقَائِكَ، وَأَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُل مَعَهُ».

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

فَخَافَ يَعْقُوبُ جِدًّا وَضَاقَ بِهِ الأَمْرُ، فَقَسَمَ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالْغَنَمَ وَالْبَقَرَ وَالْجِمَالَ إِلَى جَيْشَيْنِ.

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

وَقَالَ: «إِنْ جَاءَ عِيسُو إِلَى الْجَيْشِ الْوَاحِدِ وَضَرَبَهُ، يَكُونُ الْجَيْشُ الْبَاقِي نَاجِيًا».

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

وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «يَا إِلهَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلهَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، الرَّبَّ الَّذِي قَالَ لِيَ: ارْجعْ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ وَإِلَى عَشِيرَتِكَ فَأُحْسِنَ إِلَيْكَ.

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

صَغِيرٌ أَنَا عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَلْطَافِكَ وَجَمِيعِ الأَمَانَةِ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ. فَإِنِّي بِعَصَايَ عَبَرْتُ هذَا الأُرْدُنَّ، وَالآنَ قَدْ صِرْتُ جَيْشَيْنِ.

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

نَجِّنِي مِنْ يَدِ أَخِي، مِنْ يَدِ عِيسُوَ، لأَنِّي خَائِفٌ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ وَيَضْرِبَنِي الأُمَّ مَعَ الْبَنِينَ.

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

وَأَنْتَ قَدْ قُلْتَ: إِنِّي أُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَجْعَلُ نَسْلَكَ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي لاَ يُعَدُّ لِلْكَثْرَةِ».

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.

وَبَاتَ هُنَاكَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ وَأَخَذَ مِمَّا أَتَى بِيَدِهِ هَدِيَّةً لِعِيسُو أَخِيهِ:

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

مِئَتَيْ عَنْزٍ وَعِشْرِينَ تَيْسًا، مِئَتَيْ نَعْجَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كَبْشًا،

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

ثَلاَثِينَ نَاقَةً مُرْضِعَةً وَأَوْلاَدَهَا، أَرْبَعِينَ بَقَرَةً وَعَشَرَةَ ثِيرَانٍ، عِشْرِينَ أَتَانًا وَعَشَرَةَ حَمِيرٍ،

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

وَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى يَدِ عَبِيدِهِ قَطِيعًا قَطِيعًا عَلَى حِدَةٍ. وَقَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «اجْتَازُوا قُدَّامِي وَاجْعَلُوا فُسْحَةً بَيْنَ قَطِيعٍ وَقَطِيعٍ».

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

وَأَمَرَ الأَوَّلَ قَائِلاً: «إِذَا صَادَفَكَ عِيسُو أَخِي وَسَأَلَك قَائِلاً: لِمَنْ أَنْتَ؟ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟ وَلِمَنْ هذَا الَّذِي قُدَّامَكَ؟

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?

تَقُولُ: لِعَبْدِكَ يَعْقُوبَ. هُوَ هَدِيَّةٌ مُرْسَلَةٌ لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُوَ، وَهَا هُوَ أَيْضًا وَرَاءَنَا».

Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

وَأَمَرَ أَيْضًا الْثَانِى وَالثَّالِثَ وَجَمِيعَ السَّائِرِينَ وَرَاءَ الْقُطْعَانِ: «بِمِثْلِ هذَا الْكَلاَمِ تُكَلِّمُونَ عِيسُوَ حِينَمَا تَجِدُونَهُ،

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

وَتَقُولُونَ: هُوَذَا عَبْدُكَ يَعْقُوبُ أَيْضًا وَرَاءَنَا». لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «أَسْتَعْطِفُ وَجْهَهُ بِالْهَدِيَّةِ السَّائِرَةِ أَمَامِي، وَبَعْدَ ذلِكَ أَنْظُرُ وَجْهَهُ، عَسَى أَنْ يَرْفَعَ وَجْهِي».

And say ye 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 of me.

فَاجْتَازَتِ الْهَدِيَّةُ قُدَّامَهُ، وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَبَاتَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي الْمَحَلَّةِ.

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَأَخَذَ امْرَأَتَيْهِ وَجَارِيَتَيْهِ وَأَوْلاَدَهُ الأَحَدَ عَشَرَ وَعَبَرَ مَخَاضَةَ يَبُّوقَ.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

أَخَذَهُمْ وَأَجَازَهُمُ الْوَادِيَ، وَأَجَازَ مَا كَانَ لَهُ.

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

فَبَقِيَ يَعْقُوبُ وَحْدَهُ، وَصَارَعَهُ إِنْسَانٌ حَتَّى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ.

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

وَلَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّهُ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ، ضَرَبَ حُقَّ فَخْذِهِ، فَانْخَلَعَ حُقُّ فَخْذِ يَعْقُوبَ فِي مُصَارَعَتِهِ مَعَهُ.

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 out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

وَقَالَ: «أَطْلِقْنِي، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ». فَقَالَ: «لاَ أُطْلِقُكَ إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي».

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «يَعْقُوبُ».

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

فَقَالَ: «لاَ يُدْعَى اسْمُكَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ يَعْقُوبَ بَلْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّكَ جَاهَدْتَ مَعَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ وَقَدَرْتَ».

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

وَسَأَلَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي بِاسْمِكَ». فَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُ عَنِ اسْمِي؟» وَبَارَكَهُ هُنَاكَ.

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.

فَدَعَا يَعْقُوبُ اسْمَ الْمَكَانِ «فَنِيئِيلَ» قَائِلاً: «لأَنِّي نَظَرْتُ اللهَ وَجْهًا لِوَجْهٍ، وَنُجِّيَتْ نَفْسِي».

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

وَأَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ الشَّمْسُ إِذْ عَبَرَ فَنُوئِيلَ وَهُوَ يَخْمَعُ عَلَى فَخْذِهِ.

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

لِذلِكَ لاَ يَأْكُلُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عِرْقَ النَّسَا الَّذِي عَلَى حُقِّ الْفَخِْذِ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّهُ ضَرَبَ حُقَّ فَخْذِ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَى عِرْقِ النَّسَا.

Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.