Genesis 32 Interlinear

and when jacob saw them he said this is gods host and he called the name of that place mahanaim

and jacob sent messengers before him to esau his brother unto the land of seir the country of edom

and he commanded them saying thus shall ye speak unto my lord esau thy servant jacob saith thus i have sojourned with laban and stayed there

and i have oxen and asses flocks and menservants and womenservants and i have sent to tell my lord that i may find 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 four hundred men

then jacob was greatly afraid and distressed and he divided the people that was with him and the flocks and herds and the camels into two bands

and said if esau come to the one company and smite it then the other company which is left shall escape

and jacob said o god of my father abraham and god of my father isaac the lord which saidst unto me return unto thy country and to thy kindred and i will deal well

i am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staff i passed over this jordan and now i am become two bands

deliver 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 mother with the children

and thou saidst i will 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 which came to his hand a present 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 space betwixt drove and drove

and he commanded the foremost saying when esau my brother meeteth thee and asketh thee saying whose art thou and whither goest thou and whose are these before

then thou shalt say they be thy servant jacobs 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

and say ye moreover behold thy servant jacob is behind us for he said i will appease him with the present that goeth before me and afterward i will see his face peradventure he will accept of me

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 wives and his two womenservants and his eleven sons and passed over the ford jabbok

and he took them and sent them over the brook and sent over

and jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day

and when he saw that he prevailed not against him he touched the hollow of his thigh and the hollow of jacobs thigh was out of joint as he wrestled

and he said let me go for the day breaketh and he said i will not let thee go except thou bless

and he said unto him what is thy name and he said jacob

and he said thy name shall be called no more jacob but israel for as a prince hast thou power with god and with men and hast prevailed

and jacob asked him and said tell me i pray thee thy name and he said wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name and he blessed

and jacob called the name of the place peniel for i have seen god face to face and my life is preserved

and as he passed over penuel the sun rose upon him and he halted upon his thigh

therefore the children of israel eat not of the sinew which shrank which is upon the hollow of the thigh unto this day because he touched the hollow of jacobs thigh in the sinew that shrank