CLV(i)
1 And Jacob goes his way. And seeing in a vision, he sees the camp of the Elohim encamped. And coming upon him are messengers of the Elohim.
2 And saying is Jacob as he sees them, "The camp of the Elohim is this!"And calling is he the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 And sending is Jacob messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
4 And instructing them is he, saying, "Thus shall you say to my lord, to Esau, `Thus says your servant Jacob: With Laban I sojourn and it delayed me till now.
5 And mine are becoming bulls and asses and a flock, and servants and maids. And sending am I to tell my lord Esau that your servant finds grace in your eyes..
6 And returning are the messengers to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother, Esau, and, moreover, going is he to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
7 And fearing is Jacob exceedingly, and it is distressing to him. And dividing is he the people who are with him, and the flock and the herd and the camels, into two camps.
8 And saying is Jacob, "Should Esau be coming to one camp and smite it, yet the remaining camp will come to be delivered.
9 And saying is Jacob, "Elohim of my forefather Abraham and Elohim of my father Isaac, Yahweh Who said to me, `Return to your land and to your kindred and I will do good to you..
10 Smaller am I than all the kindnesses and than all the truth which You do to Your servant, for with my stick I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
11 Rescue me, pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he comes and smites me, and the mother with the sons.
12 And you said, `Good, yea, good will I do to you, and I make your seed as the sand of the sea, which is not being numbered for multitude..
13 And lodging there is he in that night. And taking is he, of that which is coming to his hand, a present offering, and sends it to Esau, his brother.
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty bucks, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 thirty suckler camels and their foals, forty young cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten colts.
16 And giving them is he into the hand of his servants, drove by drove alone. And saying is he to his servants, "Pass before me, and place an interval between drove and drove.
17 And instructing is he the first, saying, "In case Esau, my brother, is encountering you, and he asks you, saying, `Whose are you? And whither are you going? And whose are these before you?.
18 Then you say, `To your servant, to Jacob. A present offering is it, sent to my lord, to Esau. And, behold! He, moreover, is behind us..
19 And instructing is he the first; moreover, the second; and, moreover, the third; and, moreover, all those who are going after the droves, saying, "According to this word shall you speak to Esau, when you find him.
20 And say, moreover, `Behold! Your servant Jacob comes after us.' For,said he, "a propitiatory shelter am I making before his face with the present offering which is going before me, and afterward will I see his face. Perhaps he will lift up my face.
21 And passing is the present offering on before his face. Yet he lodges in that night in the camp.
22 And rising is he in that night and taking his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and is crossing the crossing of the Jabbok.
23 And taking them is he and is passing them over the watercourse. And passing over is he all which is his.
24 And left is Jacob alone. And wrestling is a Man with him till the ascending of the dawn.
25 And seeing is he that he does not prevail against Him. Yet touching is He the palm of his thighbone. And strained is the palm of Jacob's thighbone in his wrestling with Him.
26 And saying is He to him, "Send Me away, for the dawn ascends.And saying is he, "Not letting You go am I save You bless me.
27 And saying is He to him, "What is your name?And saying is he, "Jacob.
28 And saying is He to him, "Not Jacob shall your name be called longer, but rather Israel is your name. For upright are you with the Elohim and with mortals, and are prevailing.
29 And asking is Jacob and saying, "Tell me, pray, your name.And saying is He, "Why is this that you are asking for My name?And blessing him is He there.
30 And calling is Jacob the name of the place Peniel, "for I see the Elohim face to face, and rescued is my soul.
31 And irradiating him is the sun as he passes Peniel. Yet he is limping on his thigh.
32 Therefore not eating are the sons of Israel the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the palm of the thighbone, till this day, for He touched the palm of Jacob's thighbone at the sinew benumbed.