¶ And Jacob went on his way, and the angels¹ of God met him.

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's² host: and he called the name³ of that place Mahanaim⁴.

¶ And Jacob sent⁵ messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land⁶ of Seir⁷, the country⁸ of Edom.

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord⁹ Esau; Thy servant¹⁰ Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

And I have oxen¹¹, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find¹² grace in thy sight.

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four¹³ hundred men with him.

Then Jacob was greatly¹⁴ afraid and distressed¹⁵: and he¹⁶ divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

¹⁷And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

¶ And Jacob¹⁸ said, O God¹⁹ of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD²⁰ which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

¶ I am not worthy of the least of all²¹ the mercies²², and of all the truth²³, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff²⁴ I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands²⁵.

Deliver²⁶ me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother²⁷ with²⁸ the children.

And thou²⁹ saidst, I will³⁰ surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which³¹ came to his hand³² a present³³ for Esau his brother;

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space³⁴ betwixt drove and drove.

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art³⁵ thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

Then thou shalt say³⁶, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

¶ And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease³⁷ him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure³⁸ he will accept of me³⁹.

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives⁴⁰, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok⁴¹.

And he took them, and sent them⁴² over the brook, and sent over that he had.

¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled⁴³ a man⁴⁴ with him until the breaking of the day⁴⁵.

And when he saw that he⁴⁶ prevailed not against him, he touched⁴⁷ the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

And he said, Let me go⁴⁸, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not⁴⁹ let thee go, except thou bless⁵⁰ me.

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

And he said, Thy name⁵¹ shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel⁵²: for as a prince hast thou power⁵³ with God and with men⁵⁴, and hast prevailed.

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore⁵⁵ is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed⁵⁶ him there.

¶ And Jacob⁵⁷ called the name of the place Peniel⁵⁸: for I have⁵⁹ seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon⁶⁰ him, and he halted⁶¹ upon his thigh.

Therefore the children of Israel eat not⁶² of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.