{"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/dbt/genesis/32","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:14:14.457Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus With Laban have I sojourned and tarried until now;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming 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 sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops."},{"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, and the mother with the children."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, 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 what came to his hand a gift 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 with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh the sinew."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 32 (DBT)","markdown":"[Genesis 32](https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/32)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/32 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}