1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 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: 5 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.
6 ¶ 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. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 ¶ 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: 10 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. 11 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, and the mother with the children. 12 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.
13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them 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. 17 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? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 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. 20 And say ye 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 of me. 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 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. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 ¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 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. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 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. 29 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. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Jēkabs gatavojas tikties ar Ēsavu
1 Lābans cēlās agri no rīta, skūpstīja savus dēlus un meitas un svētīja tos. Tad viņš devās atpakaļ. 2 Bet Jēkabs gāja savu ceļu. Un viņu satika Dieva eņģeļi. 3 Jēkabs, viņus ieraudzījis, teica: “Šī ir Dieva kara nometne!” – un to vietu viņš nosauca vārdā Mahanaima .
4 Un Jēkabs sūtīja sev pa priekšu vēstnešus pie sava brāļa Ēsava uz Seīra zemi, uz Edoma laukiem. 5 Viņš tiem pavēlēja: “Tā sakiet manam kungam Ēsavam: tā saka tavs kalps Jēkabs: es biju apmeties pie Lābana un līdz šim laikam paliku pie viņa. 6 Un man ir vērši un ēzeļi, avis un kalpi, un kalpones, un es esmu sūtījis to pateikt manam kungam, lai gūtu viņa vēlību!” 7 Bet vēstneši atgriezās pie Jēkaba, sacīdami: “Mēs aizgājām pie tava brāļa Ēsava, un arī viņš nāk tev pretī un četri simti vīru kopā ar viņu!” 8 Jēkabs ļoti izbijās un satraucās, un viņš sadalīja savus ļaudis, avis, vēršus un kamieļus divās nometnēs. 9 Un viņš domāja: “Ja Ēsavs nāks uz vienu nometni un to nopostīs, tad vismaz atlikusī nometne varēs paglābties!” 10 Un Jēkabs teica: “Mana tēva Ābrahāma Dievs un mana tēva Īzaka Dievs! Kungs, tu man teici: ej atpakaļ uz savu zemi un vietu, kur tu esi dzimis, un es darīšu tev labu! 11 Es neesmu vērts visas tās žēlastības un taisnības, ko tu savam kalpam esi darījis, – jo toreiz, kad es šķērsoju Jardānu, man bija tikai nūja, bet tagad man ir divas nometnes! 12 Izglāb jel mani no brāļa rokas, no Ēsava rokas, jo es viņa baidos – ka viņš nenāk un nenokauj mūs, kā mātes, tā dēlus! 13 Un tu teici: es darīšu tev labu un došu tev pēcnācējus kā smiltis jūrā, ko daudzuma dēļ ne saskaitīt!” 14 Un tonakt viņš palika tur. Viņš ņēma no tā, kas viņam bija un sagatavoja kā dāvanu savam brālim: 15 divi simti kazu un divdesmit āžu, divi simti avju un divdesmit teķu, 16 zīdītājas kamieļmātes un trīsdesmit to mazuļus, četrdesmit govis un desmit vēršus, divdesmit ēzeļmātes un desmit ēzeļus. 17 Viņš deva tos saviem kalpiem, katru baru atsevišķi, un teica tiem: “Ejiet pa priekšu tā, lai starp pulkiem paliek atstarpe!” 18 Un viņš pavēlēja galvenajam, sacīdams: “Kad mans brālis Ēsavs satiks tevi un jautās: kam tu piederi un kurp tu ej, un kam pieder šie? – 19 tad saki: tā ir tava kalpa Jēkaba dāvana, kas sūtīta manam kungam Ēsavam, un, re, arī aiz mums vēl nāk!” 20 Un viņš pavēlēja arī otrajam un trešajam, un arī tiem, kas gāja aiz ganāmpulkiem, sacīdams: “Kad sastapsiet Ēsavu, sakiet viņam tāpat! 21 Sakiet: redzi, arī tavs kalps Jēkabs nāk aiz mums!” Jo viņš domāja: “Es viņu pielabināšu ar dāvanām, kas iet man pa priekšu, un tik pēc tam skatīšu viņu vaigā – varbūt viņš mani pieņems!” 22 Un dāvanas devās viņam pa priekšu, un tonakt viņš pārnakšņoja nometnē.
Jēkabs cīnās ar Dievu
23 Tonakt viņš cēlās, ņēma abas savas sievas, abas kalpones un vienpadsmit dēlus un pārgāja Jabokas braslu. 24 Viņš ņēma tos un pārveda pāri upei, pārveda pāri visu, kas viņam bija. 25 Jēkabs bija palicis viens. Un ar viņu cīkstējās kāds vīrs, līdz svīda gaisma. 26 Un tas redzēja, ka nevar viņu pievārēt, un sita viņam pa gurna locītavu, un Jēkaba gurna locītava izmežģījās, ar to cīkstoties. 27 Un tas teica: “Atlaid mani, jo svīst jau gaisma!” Bet viņš teica: “Es tevi nelaidīšu, kamēr tu mani nesvētīsi!” 28 Un tas viņam teica: “Kāds ir tavs vārds?” Un viņš teica: “Jēkabs!” 29 Un tas teica: “Tevi vairs nesauks vārdā Jēkabs, bet gan Israēls, jo tu cīkstējies ar Dievu un cilvēkiem un uzvarēji!” 30 Un Jēkabs jautāja: “Pasaki man savu vārdu!” Un tas teica: “Kāpēc tu prasi manu vārdu?” Un tas viņu tur svētīja. 31 Un to vietu Jēkabs nosauca vārdā Penuēla – jo es redzēju Dievu vaigu vaigā un paliku dzīvs! 32 Un, kad viņš gāja garām Penuēlai, pār viņu uzlēca saule, un viņš kliboja sava gurna dēļ. 33 Tādēļ Israēla dēli līdz pat šim laikam neēd gūžas cīpslu, kas iet pār gurnu locītavu, jo viņš aizskāra Jēkaba gūžas cīpslu.
