The Holy Ivri Heritage Bible

1And Ya’akov departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of Elohim encamped; and the malakhim of Elohim met him. 2And Ya’akov said, when he saw them, “This is the Camp of Elohim”; and he called the name of that place Machanayim [Encampments]. 3And Ya’akov sent messengers before him to Esav his brother, to the land of Se’ir, to the country of Edom. 4And he charged them, saying, “Thus shall you say to my lord Esav: Thus says your servant Ya’akov; I have sojourned with Lavan and tarried until now. 5And there were born to me bakar [oxen], chamorim [asses], and tzon [sheep/flocks], menservants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esav, that your servant might find chen [favor/grace] in your sight.” 6And the messengers returned to Ya’akov, saying, “We came to your brother Esav, and behold! he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.” 7And Ya’akov was greatly terrified and distressed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, camels, and sheep, into two camps. 8And Ya’akov said, “If Esav should come to one camp and strike it, the other camp shall escape.” 9And Ya’akov prayed, “Elohim of my father Avraham, and Elohim of my father Yitzchak, O Yahuah, You are He that said to me, ‘Return quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good.’ 10I am not worthy of all the mercies and all the emet [truth/faithfulness] which You have shown to Your servant; for with this my matteh [staff] I passed over this Yarden, and now I have become two camps. 11Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esav; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, the em [mother] with the banim [children].” 12But You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’” 13And he lodged there that night, and took of the gifts which he had with him, and sent them to Esav his brother: 14Two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams, 15Milch camels with their colts thirty, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten foals. 16And he gave them to his servants, each drove apart; and said, “Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.” 17And he charged the first, saying, “If Esav my brother meet you, and ask you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Whither do you go? Whose are these possessions advancing before you?’ 18You shall say, ‘They are your servant Ya’akov’s; he has sent them as a gift to my lord Esav, and behold! he is behind us.’” 19And he charged the first, the second, the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, “Thus shall you speak to Esav when you find him. 20And you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Ya’akov comes after us.’ For he said, ‘I will kaphar [appease/cover] his face with the gifts going before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.’” 21So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp. 22And he rose up that night, took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Yabbok. 23And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over all his possessions. 24And Ya’akov was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the morning. 25And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; and the socket of Ya’akov’s thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him. 26And he said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Ya’akov.” 28And he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Ya’akov, but Yisra’el shall be your name; for you have prevailed with Elohim, and with men you shall prevail.” 29And Ya’akov asked, saying, “Tell me, I pray, Your name.” And he said, “Why do you ask My name?” And He blessed him there. 30And Ya’akov called the name of that place Peni’el [Face of Elohim]; for he said, “I have seen Elohim face to face, and my life is preserved.” 31And the sun rose upon him as he passed Peni’el, and he limped upon his thigh. 32Therefore the children of Yisra’el do not eat the sinew of the thigh, which is on the socket of the hip, to this day, because the malakh touched the socket of Ya’akov’s thigh in the sinew.