Genesis 32 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Jacob’s Fear of Esau

Now as Jacob^H3290 went^H1980 on his way^H1870, the angels^H4397 of God^H430 met^H6293 him.

Gen 32:2And when he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s [fn]camp.” So he named that place [fn]Mahanaim.

Then Jacob^H3290 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 ahead^H6440 of himself to his brother^H251 Esau^H6215 in the land^H776 of Seir^H8165, the [fn]country^H7704 of Edom^H123.

Gen 32:4

Gen 32:4He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says the following: “I have resided with Laban, and stayed until now;

Gen 32:5

Gen 32:5and I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants; and I have sent messengers to tell my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

Gen 32:6

And the messengers^H4397 returned^H7725 to Jacob^H3290, saying^H559, “We came^H935 to your brother^H251 Esau^H6215, and furthermore^H1571 he is coming^H1980 to meet^H7122 you, and four^H702 hundred^H3967 men^H376 are with him.”

Gen 32:7

Gen 32:7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

Gen 32:8

Gen 32:8for he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and [fn]attacks it, then the company which is left will escape.”

Gen 32:9

Then Jacob^H3290 said^H559, “God^H430 of my father^H1 Abraham^H85 and God^H430 of my father^H1 Isaac^H3327, LORD^H3068, who said^H559 to me, ‘Return^H7725 to your country^H776 and to your relatives^H4138, and I will [fn]make^H3190 you prosper^H3190,’

Gen 32:10

Gen 32:10 [fn]I am unworthy of all the [fn]favor and of all the [fn]faithfulness, which You have shown to Your servant; for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

Gen 32:11

Gen 32:11“Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and [fn]attack me and the mothers with the children.

Gen 32:12

Gen 32:12“For You said, ‘I will assuredly [fn]make you prosper and make your [fn]descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’”

Gen 32:13

So he spent^H3885 the night^H3915 there^H8033. Then he [fn]selected^H3947 from what [fn]he had^H935 with him a gift^H4503 for his brother^H251 Esau^H6215:

Gen 32:14

Gen 32:14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Gen 32:15

Gen 32:15thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

Gen 32:16

Gen 32:16Then he placed them in the [fn]care of his servants, every flock by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me, and put a space between flocks.”

Gen 32:17

Gen 32:17And he commanded the [fn]one in front, saying, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’

Gen 32:18

Gen 32:18then you shall say, ‘These belong to your servant Jacob; it is a gift sent to my lord Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.’”

Gen 32:19

Gen 32:19Then he commanded also the second and the third, and all those who followed the flocks, saying, “In this way you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

Gen 32:20

Gen 32:20and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’” For he said, “I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

Gen 32:21

Gen 32:21So the gift passed on ahead of him, while he himself spent that night in the camp.

Gen 32:22

Now he got^H6965 up^H6965 that same^H1931 night^H3915 and took^H3947 his two^H8147 wives^H802, his two^H8147 female^H8198 slaves^H8198, and his eleven^H259^H6240 children^H3206, and crossed^H5674 the shallow^H4569 place^H4569 of the Jabbok^H2999.

Gen 32:23

Gen 32:23He took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent across whatever he had.

Jacob Wrestles

Gen 32:24

Gen 32:24Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Gen 32:25

Gen 32:25When the man saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of [fn]Jacob’s hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him.

Gen 32:26

Gen 32:26Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Gen 32:27

Gen 32:27So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

Gen 32:28

Gen 32:28Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but [fn]Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Gen 32:29

Gen 32:29And Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.

Gen 32:30

Gen 32:30So Jacob named the place [fn]Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my [fn]life has been [fn]spared.”

Gen 32:31

Gen 32:31Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping on his hip.

Gen 32:32

Gen 32:32Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the hip, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the tendon of the hip.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(32:2)

Or company

(32:2)

I.e., Two Camps, or Two Companies

(32:3)

Lit field

(32:8)

Lit strikes

(32:9)

Lit do good with you

(32:10)

Lit I am less than all

I.e., generosity

Or truth

Lit strike

Lit do good with you

(32:12)

Lit seed

(32:13)

Lit took

(32:13)

Lit had come to his hand

Lit hand

Lit first

Lit his

I.e., he who contends with God; or God contends

(32:30)

I.e., the face of God

(32:30)

Lit soul

(32:30)

Lit saved

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