Genesis Chapter 32
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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if found with me, shall be counted stolen.
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And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
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And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;
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and he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
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And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
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And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
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And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban’s flock.
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And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
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but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
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And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
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And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
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And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
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And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
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And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
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And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
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And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
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If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.
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Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
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And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.
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And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
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And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
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I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.
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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
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Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.
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For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
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Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
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and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
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Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
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So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And Jacob went on his way; and the angels ofGod met him.
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And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp ofGod. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.
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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus — With Laban have I sojourned and tarried until now;
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and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.
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And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
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And Jacob said,God of my father Abraham, andGod of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,
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— I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.
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Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
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And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother —
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two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
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thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.
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And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?
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— then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.
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And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.
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And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.
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And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;
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and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.
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And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
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And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.
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And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
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And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled withGod, and with men, and hast prevailed.
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And Jacob asked and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel — For I have seenGod face to face, and my life has been preserved.
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And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.
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Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh — the sinew.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And Laban rose up in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban having turned back, departed to his place.
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And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
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And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
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And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
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And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and men-servants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and lo! he comes to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
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And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
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And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and smite it, the other camp shall be in safety.
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And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, thou [art] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of thy birth, and I will do thee good.
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Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
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Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.
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But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
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And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
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two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
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milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
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And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
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And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet thee, and he ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither wouldest thou go, and whose are these possessions advancing before thee?
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Thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's; he hath sent gifts to my lord Esau, and lo! he is behind us.
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And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;
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and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for peradventure he will accept me.
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So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch.
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And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
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And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
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And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.
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And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
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And he said to him, What is thy name? and he answered, Jacob.
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And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed with God, and shalt be mighty with men.
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And Jacob asked and said, Tell me thy name; and he said, Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
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And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.
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And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
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Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because [the angel] touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—[even] the sinew which was benumbed.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Iacob quoque abiit itinere quo cœperat: fueruntque ei obviam Angeli Dei.
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Quos cum vidisset, ait: Castra Dei sunt hæc. et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id est, Castra.
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Misit autem et nuncios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir, in regionem Edom:
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præcepitque eis, dicens: Sic loquimini domino meo Esau: Hæc dicit frater tuus Iacob: Apud Laban peregrinatus sum, et fui usque in præsentem diem.
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Habeo boves, et asinos, et oves, et servos, et ancillas: mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo.
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Reversique sunt nuncii ad Iacob, dicentes: Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.
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Timuit Iacob valde: et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat, greges quoque et oves et boves, et camelos in duas turmas,
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dicens: Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quæ relicta est, salvabitur.
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Dixitque Iacob: Deus patris mei Abraham, et Deus patris mei Isaac: Domine qui dixisti mihi: Revertere in terram tuam, et in locum nativitatis tuæ, et benefaciam tibi:
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minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis, et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo. In baculo meo transivi Iordanem istum: et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior.
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Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau, quia valde eum timeo: ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.
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Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi, et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quæ præ multitudine numerari non potest.
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Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa, separavit de his quæ habebat, munera Esau fratri suo,
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capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti,
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camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti, et pullos earum decem.
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Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges, dixitque pueris suis: Antecedite me, et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem.
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Et præcepit priori, dicens: Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau, et interrogaverit te, Cuius es? aut, Quo vadis? aut, Cuius sunt ista quæ sequeris?
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respondebis: Servi tui Iacob, munera misit domino meo Esau: ipse quoque post nos venit.
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Similiter dedit mandata secundo, et tertio, et cunctis qui sequebantur greges, dicens: Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau, cum inveneritis eum.
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Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Iacob iter nostrum insequitur: dixit enim: Placabo illum muneribus quæ præcedunt, et postea videbo illum, forsitan propitiabitur mihi.
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Præcesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.
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Cumque mature surrexisset, tulit duas uxores suas, et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis, et transivit vadum Iaboc.
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Traductisque omnibus quæ ad se pertinebant,
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mansit solus: et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.
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Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset, tetigit nervum femoris eius, et statim emarcuit.
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Dixitque ad eum: Dimitte me, iam enim ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi.
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Ait ergo: Quod nomen est tibi? Respondit: Iacob.
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At ille, Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti, quanto magis contra homines prævalebis?
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Interrogavit eum Iacob: Dic mihi, quo appellaris nomine? Respondit: Cur quæris nomen meum? Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.
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Vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuel, dicens: Vidi Deum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea.
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Ortusque est ei statim sol, postquam transgressus est Phanuel: ipse vero claudicabat pede.
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Quam ob causam non comedunt nervum filii Israel, qui emarcuit in femore Iacob, usque in præsentem diem: eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris eius, et obstupuerit.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
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I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies.
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He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
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Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’
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I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
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Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.
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You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”
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He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:
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two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
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He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
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He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’
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Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”
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He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
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You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
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So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
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He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
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He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
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Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
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When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
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The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
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He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.
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He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
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Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
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Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
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The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
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Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;
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and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This <FI>is<Fi> the camp of God;' and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.'
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And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,
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and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;
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and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.'
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And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;'
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and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,
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and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it--then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'
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And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee:
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I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant--for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
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`Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me--mother beside sons;
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and Thou--Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'
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And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother:
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she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,
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suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;
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and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.'
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And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose <FI>art<Fi> thou? and whither goest thou? and whose <FI>are<Fi> these before thee?
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then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob's: it <FI>is<Fi> a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also <FI>is<Fi> behind us.'
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And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,
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and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob <FI>is<Fi> behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'
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and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.
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And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;
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and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.
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And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;
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and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;
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and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.'
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And he saith unto him, `What <FI>is<Fi> thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.'
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And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'
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And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;' and he saith, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this, thou askest for My name?' and He blesseth him there.
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And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'
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and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;
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therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which <FI>is<Fi> on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob's thigh, against the sinew which shrank.
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Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
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Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).