THE FIRST BOOKE OF MOSES, called Genesis. Chapter 32

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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 Peniel, where hee is called Israel. 31 He halteth.

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

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

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

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.

⁶¶ And 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.

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,

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

⁹¶ And 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: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.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.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.

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

¹⁴Two hundred shee goats, and twentie hee goats, two hundred ewes, and twentie rammes,

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.²⁰

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

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.

²³And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the brooke, and sent ouer that hee had.²³

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

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

²⁷And he said vnto him, what is thy name? and he said, Iacob.

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.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.

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

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

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.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Genesis Chapter 32

² That is, two hostes or campes.
³ Heb. Field.
⁹ Chap. 31. 13.
¹⁰ Heb. I am lesse then all &c
¹¹ Heb. vpon.
²⁰ Heb. my face.
²³ Heb. caused to passe.
²⁴ Hebr. Ascending of the morning.
²⁶ Ose.12.4.
²⁸ Chap. 35. 10.
³⁰ That is, The face of God.

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