Genesis 32

Iacob quoque abiit itinere quo coeperat fueruntque ei obviam angeli Dei

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

quos cum vidisset ait castra Dei sunt haec et appellavit nomen loci illius Manaim id est Castra

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

misit autem et nuntios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir regionis Edom

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

praecepitque eis dicens sic loquimini domino meo Esau haec dicit frater tuus Iacob apud Laban peregrinatus sum et fui usque in praesentem diem

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:

habeo boves et asinos oves et servos atque ancillas mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo

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.

reversi sunt nuntii ad Iacob dicentes venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum et ecce properat in occursum tibi cum quadringentis viris

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.

timuit Iacob valde et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat greges quoque et oves et boves et camelos in duas turmas

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;

dicens si venerit Esau ad unam turmam et percusserit eam alia turma quae reliqua est salvabitur

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

dixitque Iacob Deus patris mei Abraham et Deus patris mei Isaac Domine qui dixisti mihi revertere in terram tuam et in locum nativitatis tuae et benefaciam tibi

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:

minor sum cunctis miserationibus et veritate quam explesti servo tuo in baculo meo transivi Iordanem istum et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior

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.

erue me de manu fratris mei de manu Esau quia valde eum timeo ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis

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.

tu locutus es quod bene mihi faceres et dilatares semen meum sicut harenam maris quae prae multitudine numerari non potest

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.

cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa separavit de his quae habebat munera Esau fratri suo

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

capras ducentas hircos viginti oves ducentas arietes viginti

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

camelos fetas cum pullis suis triginta vaccas quadraginta et tauros viginti asinas viginti et pullos earum decem

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

et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges dixitque pueris suis antecedite me et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem

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.

et praecepit priori dicens si obvium habueris Esau fratrem meum et interrogaverit te cuius es et quo vadis et cuius sunt ista quae sequeris

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?

respondebis servi tui Iacob munera misit domino meo Esau ipse quoque post nos venit

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.

similiter mandata dedit secundo ac tertio et cunctis qui sequebantur greges dicens hisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau cum inveneritis eum

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.

et addetis ipse quoque servus tuus Iacob iter nostrum insequitur dixit enim placabo illum muneribus quae praecedunt et postea videbo forsitan propitiabitur mihi

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.

praecesserunt itaque munera ante eum ipse vero mansit nocte illa in Castris

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

cumque mature surrexisset tulit duas uxores suas et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis et transivit vadum Iaboc

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.

transductisque omnibus quae ad se pertinebant

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

remansit solus et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane

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

qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset tetigit nervum femoris eius et statim emarcuit

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.

dixitque ad eum dimitte me iam enim ascendit aurora respondit non dimittam te nisi benedixeris mihi

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

ait ergo quod nomen est tibi respondit Iacob

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

at ille nequaquam inquit Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum sed Israhel quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti quanto magis contra homines praevalebis

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.

interrogavit eum Iacob dic mihi quo appellaris nomine respondit cur quaeris nomen meum et benedixit ei in eodem loco

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.

vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuhel dicens vidi Deum facie ad faciem et salva facta est anima mea

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

ortusque est ei statim sol postquam transgressus est Phanuhel ipse vero claudicabat pede

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

quam ob causam non comedunt filii Israhel nervum qui emarcuit in femore Iacob usque in praesentem diem eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris eius et obstipuerit

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.