{"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/kjv/genesis/32","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:14:23.447Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>is</i> 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 country of Edom."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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 until now:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that <i>was</i> with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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 with thee:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"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 will come and smite me, <i>and</i> 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 same night; and took of that which came to his hand 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 with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he delivered <i>them</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose <i>art</i> thou? and whither goest thou? and whose <i>are</i> these before thee?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Then thou shalt say, <i>They be</i> thy servant Jacob's; it <i>is</i> a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he <i>is</i> behind us."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob <i>is</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that 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 out of joint, 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 <i>is</i> thy name? And he said, Jacob."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Jacob asked <i>him</i>, and said, Tell <i>me</i>, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> thou dost ask 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 is preserved."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Therefore the children of Israel eat not <i>of</i> the sinew which shrank, which <i>is</i> upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 32 (KJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 32](https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/32)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/32 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}