Genesis 32:4
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו
And Jacob sent messengers before him,
אֶל־עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑יו
To Esau his brother,
אַ֥רְצָה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם׃
To the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 32:5
וַיְצַ֤ו אֹתָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר
And he commanded them, saying:
כֹּ֣ה תֹאמְר֔וּן לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו
“Thus shall ye say, to my lord, to Esau:
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב
‘Thus sayeth your servant Jacob:
עִם־לָבָ֣ן גַּ֔רְתִּי וָאֵחַ֖ר עַד־עָֽתָּה׃
With Laban I sojourned, and I tarried, until now’ ”;
Genesis 32:6
וַֽיְהִי־לִי֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַחֲמ֔וֹר
“ ‘And I have bullock and beast-of-burden,
צֹ֖אן וְעֶ֣בֶד וְשִׁפְחָ֑ה
Flock, together with male and female servant;
וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙ לְהַגִּ֣יד לֽ͏ַאדֹנִ֔י
I have sent to make known to my lord,
לִמְצֹא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃
In order to find favour in your sight.’ ”
Genesis 32:7
וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying:
בָּ֤אנוּ אֶל־אָחִ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־עֵשָׂ֔ו
“We went to your brother, to Esau,
וְגַם֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔
and moreover, he is proceeding to meet you,
וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ עִמּֽוֹ׃
And four hundred men with him.”
Genesis 32:8
וַיִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַיֵּ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ
And Jacob feared exceedingly,
and it was distressful for him;
וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ
And he divided the people who were with him,
וְאֶת־הַצֹּ֧אן וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֛ר וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖ים
And the flock and the herd and the camels,
לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
Into two camps;
Genesis 32:9
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
Since he thought,
אִם־יָב֥וֹא עֵשָׂ֛ו אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הָאַחַ֖ת וְהִכָּ֑הוּ
“If Esau comes to the one camp,
and he smites it,
וְהָיָ֛ה הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַנִּשְׁאָ֖ר לִפְלֵיטָֽה׃
Then the remaining camp will become a deliverance;”
Genesis 32:10
וַיֹּאמֶר֮ יַעֲקֹב֒
And Jacob said:
אֱלֹהֵי֙ אָבִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם וֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֣י יִצְחָ֑ק
“O God of my father Abraham,
and God of my father Isaac;
יְהוָ֞ה הָאֹמֵ֣ר אֵלַ֗י
LORD, the One who said to me:
שׁ֧וּב לְאַרְצְךָ֛ וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖
‘Return to your country and to your birthplace,
וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה עִמָּֽךְ׃
And I will deal well with you.’ ”
Genesis 32:11
קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִכֹּ֤ל הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכָּל־הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת
“I am unworthy and fall short of
all the mercies and all the faithfulness,
אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ
That you have shown towards your servant;
כִּ֣י בְמַקְלִ֗י עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה
For with my staff, I crossed this Jordan,
וְעַתָּ֥ה הָיִ֖יתִי לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
And now I have become two camps.”
Genesis 32:12
הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו
“Save me I pray Thee,
from the hand of my brother, from Esau;
כִּֽי־יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ אֹת֔וֹ
For I am in fear of him,
פֶּן־יָב֣וֹא וְהִכַּ֔נִי אֵ֖ם עַל־בָּנִֽים׃
lest he should come and smite me,
and mother, down to the children!”
Genesis 32:13
וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֔רְתָּ הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב עִמָּ֑ךְ
“Since You have said:
‘Surely I shall make it well with you;
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם
And I will set your Seed as the sand of the sea,
אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵרֹֽב׃
That is uncountable for vastness!’ ”
Genesis 32:14
וַיָּ֥לֶן שָׁ֖ם בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא
And he lodged there, on the same night;
וַיִּקַּ֞ח מִן־הַבָּ֧א בְיָד֛וֹ מִנְחָ֖ה לְעֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִֽיו׃
Then he fetched, from what had come into his possession, —
an offering, for Esau his brother:
Genesis 32:15
עִזִּ֣ים מָאתַ֔יִם וּתְיָשִׁ֖ים עֶשְׂרִ֑ים
Two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats;
רְחֵלִ֥ים מָאתַ֖יִם וְאֵילִ֥ים עֶשְׂרִֽים׃
One hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
Genesis 32:16
גְּמַלִּ֧ים מֵינִיק֛וֹת וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים
Nursing camels, together with their colts, thirty;
פָּר֤וֹת אַרְבָּעִים֙ וּפָרִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה
Forty cows and ten bulls,
אֲתֹנֹ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַעְיָרִ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃
Twenty female donkeys, and male donkeys, ten.
Genesis 32:17
וַיִּתֵּן֙ בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֔יו עֵ֥דֶר עֵ֖דֶר לְבַדּ֑וֹ
And he placed them in the custody of his servants,
each herd by itself;
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו֙ עִבְר֣וּ לְפָנַ֔י
Then he said to his servants —
“Cross over before me,
וְרֶ֣וַח תָּשִׂ֔ימוּ בֵּ֥ין עֵ֖דֶר וּבֵ֥ין עֵֽדֶר׃
And you must put an interval between each herd;”
Genesis 32:18
וַיְצַ֥ו אֶת־הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן לֵאמֹ֑ר
And he instructed the first, saying:
כִּ֣י יִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞ עֵשָׂ֣ו אָחִ֗י
“When Esau my brother confronts you,
וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר
And he interrogates you, saying,
לְמִי־אַ֙תָּה֙ וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֔ךְ
‘Whose are you and where are you going,
וּלְמִ֖י אֵ֥לֶּה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃
And whose are these in front of you?’ ”
Genesis 32:19
וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְעַבְדְּךָ֣ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב
“Then you shall say, ‘of your servant, of Jacob:
מִנְחָ֥ה הִוא֙ שְׁלוּחָ֔ה לֽ͏ַאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו
It is a gift having been sent to my lord, to Esau;
וְהִנֵּ֥ה גַם־ה֖וּא אַחֲרֵֽינוּ׃
And behold, he too will be behind us’ ”
Genesis 32:20
וַיְצַ֞ו גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַשֵּׁנִ֗י גַּ֚ם אֶת־הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
And he instructed also the second,
moreover, the third,
גַּ֚ם אֶת־כָּל־הַהֹ֣לְכִ֔ים
Even everyone who went
אַחֲרֵ֥י הָעֲדָרִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר
behind the herds, saying:
כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ תְּדַבְּר֣וּן אֶל־עֵשָׂ֔ו
“According to this word shall you speak to Esau,
בְּמֹצַאֲכֶ֖ם אֹתֽוֹ׃
When ye come across him;”
Genesis 32:21
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם גַּ֗ם הִנֵּ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ
“And ye must also have said:
‘Behold, your servant Jacob will be behind us’ ”;
כִּֽי־אָמַ֞ר אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה פָנָ֗יו
For he thought:
“I could pacify his countenance,
בַּמִּנְחָה֙ הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת לְפָנָ֔י
with the gift that goes before me,
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן֙ אֶרְאֶ֣ה פָנָ֔יו
Then afterwards, I will see his face, —
אוּלַ֖י יִשָּׂ֥א פָנָֽי׃
Perhaps he will be favourably disposed towards my presence.”
Genesis 32:22
וַתַּעֲבֹ֥ר הַמִּנְחָ֖ה עַל־פָּנָ֑יו
And so the gift went over before him;
וְה֛וּא לָ֥ן בַּלַּֽיְלָה־הַה֖וּא בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ ס
But he himself had stayed overnight at the camp;
Genesis 32:23
וַיָּ֣קָם ׀ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה ה֗וּא
And he arose during that night,
וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֤י נָשָׁיו֙ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יו
and he took his two wives and his two bondmaids,
וְאֶת־אַחַ֥ד עָשָׂ֖ר יְלָדָ֑יו
And his eleven boys;
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר אֵ֖ת מַעֲבַ֥ר יַבֹּֽק׃
Then he crossed the Jabbok ford;
Genesis 32:24
וַיִּקָּחֵ֔ם וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם אֶת־הַנָּ֑חַל
And so he took them,
and conducted them over the stream;
וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ׃
And he transferred them,
together with that which he had;
Genesis 32:25
וַיִּוָּתֵ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב לְבַדּ֑וֹ
But Jacob remained by himself;
וַיֵּאָבֵ֥ק אִישׁ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ
And then One wrestled with him,
עַ֖ד עֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃
Until the rising of the morning twilight;
Genesis 32:26
וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף־יְרֵכ֑וֹ
And He took note that He had not prevailed against him,
And He struck his hip socket;
וַתֵּ֙קַע֙ כַּף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּהֵֽאָבְק֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃
And so Jacob’s hip socket was dislocated,
while he wrestled with Him;
Genesis 32:27
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י עָלָ֖ה הַשָּׁ֑חַר
Then He said
“Let Me go, for the morning twilight has risen!”
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי׃
Then he said,
“I will not let you go,
unless you have blessed me;”
Genesis 32:28
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו מַה־שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ
Then He said to him,
“What is your name!?”
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב׃
And he said, “Jacob”;
Genesis 32:29
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ שִׁמְךָ֔
Then He said,
“No longer shall your name be called ‘Jacob’,
כִּ֖י אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
But rather ‘Israel’;
(He will contend with God – God will contend –
– May God prevail over Evil)
כִּֽי־שָׂרִ֧יתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִ֛ים וְעִם־אֲנָשִׁ֖ים
For you have wrestled with God and with men,
וַתּוּכָֽל׃
And then you endured!”
Genesis 32:30
וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א שְׁמֶ֔ךָ
And Jacob begged, and he said,
“Please declare Your Name;”
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י
But He said,
“Why is this:
You would ask My Name!?”
וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֹת֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃
And He blessed him there.
Genesis 32:31
וַיִּקְרָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב שֵׁ֥ם הַמָּק֖וֹם פְּנִיאֵ֑ל
And Jacob named that place PeniEl (The Face of God)….
כִּֽי־רָאִ֤יתִי אֱלֹהִים֙ פָּנִ֣ים אֶל־פָּנִ֔ים
“For I have seen God Face to face,
וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל נַפְשִֽׁי׃
And my soul/being/life was freed-up!”
Genesis 32:32
וַיִּֽזְרַֽח־ל֣וֹ הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ
And the sun shone for him,
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖ר אֶת־פְּנוּאֵ֑ל
When he had gone past Penuel,
וְה֥וּא צֹלֵ֖עַ עַל־יְרֵכֽוֹ׃
But he was limping due to his hip.
Genesis 32:33
עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל
Therefore, the children of Israel will not eat
אֶת־גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ
the sciatic nerve that is at the hip socket,
עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה
Up to this day;
כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃ ס
Because He had struck the hip socket of Jacob,
on the sciatic nerve.
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