{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/32","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:05:31.602Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":32,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":31,"nextChapter":33,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":32},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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 thee?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"then thou shalt say They are thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and ye shall say, 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 me."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"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 him there."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for,'said he , I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 32 (ASV)","markdown":"[Genesis 32](https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/32)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/32 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}