English Bible Presentation Sharing - Genesis Book, chapter 32, verse 88 in Hcsb Version

Genesis 32 : 1 (HCSB)

Jacob went on his way, and God's angels met him.

Genesis 32 : 2 (HCSB)

When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's camp." So he called that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 32 : 3 (HCSB)

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 32 : 4 (HCSB)

He commanded them, "You are to say to my lord Esau, 'This is what your servant Jacob says. I have been staying with Laban and have been delayed until now.

Genesis 32 : 5 (HCSB)

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male and female slaves. I have sent *this message to inform my lord, in order to seek your favor.'"

Genesis 32 : 6 (HCSB)

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau; he is coming to meet you-- and he has 400 men with him."

Genesis 32 : 7 (HCSB)

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, cattle, and camels.

Genesis 32 : 8 (HCSB)

He thought, "If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it, the remaining one can escape."

Genesis 32 : 9 (HCSB)

Then Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, 'Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,'

Genesis 32 : 10 (HCSB)

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

Genesis 32 : 11 (HCSB)

Please rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children.

Genesis 32 : 12 (HCSB)

You have said, 'I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'"

Genesis 32 : 13 (HCSB)

He spent the night there and took part of what he had brought with him as a gift for his brother Esau:

Genesis 32 : 14 (HCSB)

200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

Genesis 32 : 15 (HCSB)

30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

Genesis 32 : 16 (HCSB)

He entrusted them to his slaves as separate herds and said to them, "Go on ahead of me, and leave some distance between the herds."

Genesis 32 : 17 (HCSB)

And he told the first one: "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose *animals are these ahead of you?'

Genesis 32 : 18 (HCSB)

then tell him, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look, he is behind us.'"

Genesis 32 : 19 (HCSB)

He also told the second one, the third, and everyone who was walking behind the animals, "Say the same thing to Esau when you find him.

Genesis 32 : 20 (HCSB)

You are to also say, 'Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.' " For he thought, "I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me."

Genesis 32 : 21 (HCSB)

So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night.

Genesis 32 : 22 (HCSB)

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his 11 sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.

Genesis 32 : 23 (HCSB)

He took them and brought them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

Genesis 32 : 24 (HCSB)

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Genesis 32 : 25 (HCSB)

When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob's hip as they wrestled and dislocated his hip socket.

Genesis 32 : 26 (HCSB)

Then He said to Jacob, "Let Me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob said, "I will not let You go unless You bless me."

Genesis 32 : 27 (HCSB)

"What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob!" he replied.

Genesis 32 : 28 (HCSB)

"Your name will no longer be Jacob," He said. "It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

Genesis 32 : 29 (HCSB)

Then Jacob asked Him, "Please tell me Your name." But He answered, "Why do you ask My name?" And He blessed him there.

Genesis 32 : 30 (HCSB)

Jacob then named the place Peniel, "For," *he said, "I have seen God face to face, and I have been delivered."

Genesis 32 : 31 (HCSB)

The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel-- limping on his hip.

Genesis 32 : 32 (HCSB)

That is why, to this day, the Israelites don't eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because He struck Jacob's hip socket at the thigh muscle.