The Book of Genesis, Chapter 32בְּרֵאשִׁית ל״ב

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם לָבָ֜ן בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיְנַשֵּׁ֧ק לְבָנָ֛יו וְלִבְנוֹתָ֖יו וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֶתְהֶ֑ם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ וַיָּ֥שָׁב לָבָ֖ן לִמְקֹמֽוֹ

Then Laban rose early in the morning, kissed his sons and daughters, and blessed them; then Laban departed and returned to his place.

וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב הָלַ֣ךְ לְדַרְכּ֑וֹ וַיִּפְגְּעוּ ב֖וֹ מַלְאֲכֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים

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

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאָ֔ם מַחֲנֵ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים זֶ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֛א שֵֽׁם הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא מַֽחֲנָֽיִם

When Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is God's camp,' and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו אֶל עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑יו אַ֥רְצָה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

וַיְצַ֤ו אֹתָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֣ה תֹאמְר֔וּן לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב עִם לָבָ֣ן גַּ֔רְתִּי וָאֵחַ֖ר עַד עָֽתָּה

And he instructed them, saying, 'Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban and remained until now."'

וַֽיְהִי לִי֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַחֲמ֔וֹר צֹ֖אן וְעֶ֣בֶד וְשִׁפְחָ֑ה וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙ לְהַגִּ֣יד לַֽאדֹנִ֔י לִמְצֹא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ

'I have oxen and donkeys, flocks, male servants and female servants, and I have sent to tell my lord, in order to find favor in your eyes.'

וַיָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים אֶֽל יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּ֤אנוּ אֶל אָחִ֨יךָ֙ אֶל עֵשָׂ֔ו וְגַם֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔ וְאַרְבַּע מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ עִמּֽוֹ

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We came to your brother, to Esau, and he too is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.'

וַיִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַיֵּ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֗וֹ וְאֶת הַצֹּ֧אן וְאֶת הַבָּקָ֛ר וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖ים לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed, and he divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two camps.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אִם יָב֥וֹא עֵשָׂ֛ו אֶל הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הָאַחַ֖ת וְהִכָּ֑הוּ וְהָיָ֛ה הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַנִּשְׁאָ֖ר לִפְלֵיטָֽה

For he said, 'If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the camp that remains will escape.'

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ יַעֲקֹב֒ אֱלֹהֵי֙ אָבִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם וֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֣י יִצְחָ֑ק יְהוָ֞ה הָאֹמֵ֣ר אֵלַ֗י שׁ֧וּב לְאַרְצְךָ֛ וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה עִמָּֽךְ

And Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O YHWH, who said to me, "Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you,"'

קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִכֹּ֤ל הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכָּל הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֣י בְמַקְלִ֗י עָבַ֨רְתִּי֙ אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה וְעַתָּ֥ה הָיִ֖יתִי לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת

'I am unworthy of all the steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו כִּֽי יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ אֹת֔וֹ פֶּן יָב֣וֹא וְהִכַּ֔נִי אֵ֖ם עַל בָּנִֽים

'Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, mothers with children.

וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֔רְתָּ הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב עִמָּ֑ךְ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶֽת זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵרֹֽב

'But you said, "I will surely do you good, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted for multitude."'

וַיָּ֥לֶן שָׁ֖ם בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַיִּקַּ֞ח מִן הַבָּ֧א בְיָד֛וֹ מִנְחָ֖ה לְעֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִֽיו

So he spent that night there, and from what came into his hand he took a gift for Esau his brother:

עִזִּ֣ים מָאתַ֔יִם וּתְיָשִׁ֖ים עֶשְׂרִ֑ים רְחֵלִ֥ים מָאתַ֖יִם וְאֵילִ֥ים עֶשְׂרִֽים

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

גְּמַלִּ֧ים מֵינִיק֛וֹת וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים פָּר֤וֹת אַרְבָּעִים֙ וּפָרִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה אֲתֹנֹ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַעְיָרִ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה

thirty nursing camels and their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

וַיִּתֵּן֙ בְּיַד עֲבָדָ֔יו עֵ֥דֶר עֵ֖דֶר לְבַדּ֑וֹ וַ֤יֹּאמֶר אֶל עֲבָדָיו֙ עִבְר֣וּ לְפָנַ֔י וְרֶ֣וַח תָּשִׂ֔ימוּ בֵּ֥ין עֵ֖דֶר וּבֵ֥ין עֵֽדֶר

Then he put into the hand of his servants each drove by itself, and he said to his servants, 'Pass on ahead of me, and put a space between drove and drove.'

וַיְצַ֥ו אֶת הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן לֵאמֹ֑ר כִּ֣י יִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞ עֵשָׂ֣ו אָחִ֗י וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְמִי אַ֨תָּה֙ וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֔ךְ וּלְמִ֖י אֵ֥לֶּה לְפָנֶֽיךָ

And he commanded the first, saying, 'When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, "To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And to whom do these ahead of you belong?"'

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְעַבְדְּךָ֣ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב מִנְחָ֥ה הִוא֙ שְׁלוּחָ֔ה לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו וְהִנֵּ֥ה גַם ה֖וּא אַחֲרֵֽינוּ

then you shall say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. It is a gift sent to my lord Esau, and behold, he himself is also behind us.'

וַיְצַ֞ו גַּ֣ם אֶת הַשֵּׁנִ֗י גַּ֚ם אֶת הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י גַּ֚ם אֶת כָּל הַהֹ֣לְכִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֥י הָעֲדָרִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ תְּדַבְּר֣וּן אֶל עֵשָׂ֔ו בְּמֹצַאֲכֶ֖ם אֹתֽוֹ

And he commanded also the second, also the third, and also all those going behind the droves, saying, 'According to this word you shall speak to Esau when you find him.'

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם גַּ֗ם הִנֵּ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי אָמַ֞ר אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה פָנָ֗יו בַּמִּנְחָה֙ הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת לְפָנָ֔י וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן֙ אֶרְאֶ֣ה פָנָ֔יו אוּלַ֖י יִשָּׂ֥א פָנָֽי

And you shall say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob is also behind us.' For he said, 'I will appease his face with the gift going ahead of me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will receive me favorably.'

וַתַּעֲבֹ֥ר הַמִּנְחָ֖ה עַל פָּנָ֑יו וְה֛וּא לָ֥ן בַּלַּֽיְלָה הַה֖וּא בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

So the gift passed on ahead of him, while he himself lodged that night in the camp.

וַיָּ֣קָם בַּלַּ֣יְלָה ה֗וּא וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת שְׁתֵּ֤י נָשָׁיו֙ וְאֶת שְׁתֵּ֣י שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יו וְאֶת אַחַ֥ד עָשָׂ֖ר יְלָדָ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר אֵ֖ת מַעֲבַ֥ר יַבֹּֽק

And he rose that night and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

וַיִּקָּחֵ֔ם וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם אֶת הַנָּ֑חַל וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר אֶת אֲשֶׁר לוֹ

He took them and sent them across the stream, and sent across what belonged to him.

וַיִּוָּתֵ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב לְבַדּ֑וֹ וַיֵּאָבֵ֥ק אִישׁ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ עַ֖ד עֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר

And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of dawn.

וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף יְרֵכ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֨קַע֙ כַּף יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּהֵֽאָבְק֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ

And when he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his hip, and Jacob's hip socket was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י עָלָ֖ה הַשָּׁ֑חַר וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי

Then he said, 'Let me go, for the dawn has come up.' But he said, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו מַה שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב

And he said to him, 'What is your name?' And he said, 'Jacob.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ שִׁמְךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי שָׂרִ֧יתָ עִם אֱלֹהִ֛ים וְעִם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַתּוּכָֽל

Then he said, 'Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.'

וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה נָּ֣א שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֹת֖וֹ שָֽׁם

And Jacob asked and said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he said, 'Why is it that you ask my name?' And he blessed him there.

וַיִּקְרָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב שֵׁ֥ם הַמָּק֖וֹם פְּנִיאֵ֑ל כִּֽי רָאִ֤יתִי אֱלֹהִים֙ פָּנִ֣ים אֶל פָּנִ֔ים וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל נַפְשִֽׁי

So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for 'I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.'

וַיִּֽזְרַֽח ל֣וֹ הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖ר אֶת פְּנוּאֵ֑ל וְה֥וּא צֹלֵ֖עַ עַל יְרֵכֽוֹ

And the sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, and he was limping on his hip.

עַל כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה

Therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip that is on the socket of the thigh to this day, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip at the sinew of the hip.