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1611 King James Bible

Genesis 32

  1. Genesis 32:1 And Iacob went on his way, and the Angels of God met him.
  2. Genesis 32:2 And when Iacob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste: and hee called the name of that place Mahanaim.
  3. Genesis 32:3 And Iacob sent messengers before him, to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir, the countrey of Edom.
  4. Genesis 32:4 And he commaunded them, saying, Thus shall ye speake vnto my lord Esau, Thy seruant Iacob saith thus, I haue soiourned with Laban, and stayed there vntill now.
  5. Genesis 32:5 And I haue oxen, and asses, flockes, and men seruants and women seruants: and I haue sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
  6. Genesis 32:6 ¶ And the messengers returned to Iacob, saying, Wee came to thy brother Esau, and also he commeth to meet thee, and foure hundred men with him.
  7. Genesis 32:7 Then Iacob was greatly afraid, and distressed, and he diuided the people that was with him, and the flockes, and herdes, and the camels into two bands,
  8. Genesis 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, shall escape.
  9. Genesis 32:9 ¶ And Iacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst vnto me, Returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kinred, and I will deale well with thee:
  10. Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe I passed ouer this Iordan, and now I am become two bands.
  11. Genesis 32:11 Deliuer me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I feare him, lest he will come, and smite me, and the mother with the children.
  12. Genesis 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbred for multitude.
  13. Genesis 32:13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night, and tooke of that which came to his hand, a present for Esau his brother:
  14. Genesis 32:14 Two hundred shee goats, and twentie hee goats, two hundred ewes, and twentie rammes,
  15. Genesis 32:15 Thirtie milch camels with their colts, fortie kine, and ten bulles, twenty shee ashes, and ten foales.
  16. Genesis 32:16 And hee deliuered them into the hand of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and said vnto his seruants, Passe ouer before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.
  17. Genesis 32:17 And he commanded the formost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
  18. Genesis 32:18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iacobs: it is a present sent vnto my lord Esau: and behold also, he is behind vs.
  19. Genesis 32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droues, saying, On this maner shal you speake vnto Esau, when you find him.
  20. Genesis 32:20 And say ye moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iacob is behind vs: for he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peraduenture he will accept of me.
  21. Genesis 32:21 So went the present ouer before him: and himselfe lodged that night in the company.
  22. Genesis 32:22 And hee rose vp that night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two women seruants, and his eleuen sonnes, and passed ouer the foord Iabbok.
  23. Genesis 32:23 And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the brooke, and sent ouer that hee had.
  24. Genesis 32:24 ¶ And Iacob was left alone: and there wrestled a man with him, vntill the breaking of the day.
  25. Genesis 32:25 And when he saw, that he preuailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Iacobs thigh was out of ioynt, as hee wrestled with him.
  26. Genesis 32:26 And he said, Let me goe, for the day breaketh: and he said, I will not let thee goe, except thou blesse me.
  27. Genesis 32:27 And he said vnto him, what is thy name? and he said, Iacob.
  28. Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Iacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast preuailed.
  29. Genesis 32:29 And Iacob asked him, and saide, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: and he said, wherefore is it, that thou doest aske after my name? and he blessed him there.
  30. Genesis 32:30 And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.
  31. Genesis 32:31 And as he passed ouer Penuel, the sunne rose vpon him, and he halted vpon his thigh.
  32. Genesis 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe which shranke, which is vpon the hollow of the thigh, vnto this day: because hee touched the hollow of Iacobs thigh, in the sinewe that shranke.