Genesis 32:13–32

¹³And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother: ¹⁴she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty, ¹⁵suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten; ¹⁶and 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.’ ¹⁷And he commandeth the first, saying, ‘When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? ¹⁸then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob’s: it is a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also is behind us.’ ¹⁹And 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, ²⁰and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob is 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;’ ²¹and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp. ²²And 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; ²³and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.

²⁴And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn; ²⁵and 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; ²⁶and he saith, ‘Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:’ and he saith, ‘I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.’ ²⁷And he saith unto him, ‘What is thy name?’ and he saith, ‘Jacob.’ ²⁸And 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.’ ²⁹And Jacob asketh, and saith, ‘Declare, I pray thee, thy name;’ and he saith, ‘Why is this, thou askest for My name?’ and He blesseth him there. ³⁰And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for ‘I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;’ ³¹and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh; ³²therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which is on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob’s thigh, against the sinew which shrank.

Chapter 33