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Genesis 32
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Genesis 32 . 1
1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:1
Genesis 32 . 2
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God." So he named that place Mahanaim.CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:2
Genesis 32 . 3
3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:3
Genesis 32 . 4
4 He instructed them, "You are to say to my master Esau, 'Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:4
Genesis 32 . 5
5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.'"CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:5
Genesis 32 . 6
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him."CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:6
Genesis 32 . 7
7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:7
Genesis 32 . 8
8 He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape."CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:8
Genesis 32 . 9
9 Then Jacob declared, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, 'Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,'CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:9
Genesis 32 . 10
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:10
Genesis 32 . 11
11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:11
Genesis 32 . 12
12 But You have said, 'I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.'"CGenesis 32:1-12TOSKGenesis 32:12
Genesis 32 . 13
13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:13
Genesis 32 . 14
14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:14
Genesis 32 . 15
15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.CGenesis 32:13-23
Genesis 32 . 16
16 He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, "Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds."CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:16
Genesis 32 . 17
17 He instructed the one in the lead, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?'CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:17
Genesis 32 . 18
18 then you are to say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.'"CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:18
Genesis 32 . 19
19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: "When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.CGenesis 32:13-23
Genesis 32 . 20
20 You are also to say, 'Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" For he thought, "I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me."CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:20
Genesis 32 . 21
21 So Jacob's gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:21
Genesis 32 . 22
22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:22TTJacob (Transformed Supplanter)
Genesis 32 . 23
23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.CGenesis 32:13-23TOSKGenesis 32:23
Genesis 32 . 24
24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.IPHosea 12:4CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:24TTJacob (Transformed Supplanter) Theophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ)
Genesis 32 . 25
25 When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob's hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:25TTTheophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ)
Genesis 32 . 26
26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:26TTTheophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ)
Genesis 32 . 27
27 "What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he replied.CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:27TTTheophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ)
Genesis 32 . 28
28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed."IPHosea 12:4CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:28TTJacob (Transformed Supplanter) Theophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ)
Genesis 32 . 29
29 And Jacob requested, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed Jacob there.IPHosea 12:4CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:29TTTheophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ)
Genesis 32 . 30
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, "Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared."IPExodus 33:20CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:30TTTheophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ) Sensory Access to God (From Sinai's Veil to Zion's Vision)
Genesis 32 . 31
31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:31
Genesis 32 . 32
32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was struck near that tendon.CGenesis 32:24-32TOSKGenesis 32:32