The Book of Genesis, Chapter 32ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΛΒ′

Ἀναστὰς δὲ Λαβαν τὸ πρωΐ κατεφίλησεν τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἀποστραφεὶς Λαβαν ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

And Laban rose early in the morning and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them; and Laban turned and went away to his own place.

Ιακωβ δὲ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀναβλέψας εἶδεν παρεμβολὴν θεοῦ παρεμβεβληκυῖαν, καὶ συνήντησαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ θεοῦ.

And Jacob went on his way; and lifting up his eyes he saw the camp of God encamped, and the angels of God met him.

εἶπεν δὲ Ιακωβ ἡνίκα εἶδεν αὐτούς Παρεμβολὴ θεοῦ αὕτη· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Παρεμβολαί.

And Jacob said when he saw them, 'This is the camp of God'; and he called the name of that place Mahanaim [Παρεμβολαί, 'Camps'].

ἀπέστειλεν δὲ Ιακωβ ἀγγέλους ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ησαυ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς γῆν Σηιρ εἰς χώραν Εδωμ·

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, to the region of Edom.

καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς λέγων Οὕτως ἐρεῖτε τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ησαυ Οὕτως λέγει ὁ παῖς σου Ιακωβ Μετὰ Λαβαν παρῴκησα καὶ ἐχρόνισα ἕως τοῦ νῦν·

And he charged them, saying, 'Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now."'

καὶ ἐγένοντό μοι βόες καὶ ὄνοι καὶ πρόβατα καὶ παῖδες καὶ παιδίσκαι· καὶ ἀπέστειλα ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ησαυ, ἵνα εὕρῃ ὁ παῖς σου χάριν ἐναντίον σου.

And I have acquired oxen and donkeys and sheep and male servants and female servants; and I have sent to report to my lord Esau, so that your servant may find favour in your sight.

ἀνέστρεψαν δὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι πρὸς Ιακωβ λέγοντες Ἤλθομεν πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου Ησαυ, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἔρχεται εἰς συνάντησίν σοι καὶ τετρακόσιοι ἄνδρες μετ' αὐτοῦ.

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he himself is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.'

ἐφοβήθη δὲ Ιακωβ σφόδρα καὶ ἠπορεῖτο· καὶ διεῖλεν τὸν λαὸν τὸν μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς βόας καὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰς καμήλους εἰς δύο παρεμβολάς,

And Jacob was greatly afraid and was in distress; and he divided the people who were with him and the cattle and the sheep and the camels into two camps,

καὶ εἶπεν Ἐὰν ἔλθῃ Ησαυ εἰς παρεμβολὴν τὴν μίαν καὶ ἐκκόψῃ αὐτήν, ἔσται ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἡ δευτέρα εἰς σωτηρίαν.

And he said, 'If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it down, the second camp will be for deliverance.'

εἶπεν δὲ Ιακωβ Ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου Αβρααμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου Ισαακ, κύριε ὁ εἴπας μοι Ἀπόθρεχε εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς γενέσεώς σου καὶ εὖ σε ποιήσω,

And Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, "Return to the land of your kindred and I will do you good,"'

ἱκανοῦμαί σοι ἀπὸ πάσης δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἀληθείας ἧς ἐποίησας τῷ παιδί σου· ἐν γὰρ τῇ ῥάβδῳ μου διέβην τὸν Ιορδάνην τοῦτον, νῦν δὲ γέγονα εἰς δύο παρεμβολάς·

I am unworthy of all the mercy and all the faithfulness which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου Ησαυ, ὅτι φοβοῦμαι ἐγὼ αὐτόν, μή ποτε ἐλθὼν πατάξῃ με καὶ μητέρα ἐπὶ τέκνοις·

Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I fear him — lest he come and strike me down, mother together with children.

σὺ δὲ εἶπας Καλῶς ποιήσω σε καὶ θήσω τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τὴν ἄμμον τῆς θαλάσσης, ἥτις οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους.

But you said, 'I will do you good and will make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'

καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐκεῖ τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην· καὶ ἔλαβεν ὧν ἔφερεν δῶρα Ησαυ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ·

And he lodged there that night; and he took from what he was carrying gifts for Esau his brother:

αἶγας διακοσίας καὶ τράγους εἴκοσι, πρόβατα διακόσια καὶ κριοὺς εἴκοσι,

two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

καμήλους θηλαζούσας καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτῶν τριάκοντα, βόας τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ταύρους δέκα, ὄνους εἴκοσι καὶ πώλους δέκα.

thirty nursing camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten young donkeys.

καὶ ἔδωκεν διὰ χειρὸς τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ ποίμνιον κατὰ ποίμνιον χωρίς· εἶπεν δὲ τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ Προπορεύεσθε ἔμπροσθέν μου καὶ διάστημα ποιεῖτε ἀνὰ μέσον ποίμνης καὶ ποίμνης.

And he gave them into the hand of his servants, each drove separately; and he said to his servants, 'Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.'

καὶ ἐνετείλατο τῷ πρώτῳ λέγων Ἐὰν συναντήσῃ σοι Ησαυ ὁ ἀδελφός μου καὶ ἐρωτήσῃ σε λέγων Τίνος εἶ; καὶ ποῦ πορεύῃ; καὶ τίνος ταῦτα τὰ προπορευόμενά σου;

And he instructed the first one, saying, 'If Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, "Whose are you? And where are you going? And whose are these things going ahead of you?"'

καὶ ἐρεῖς Τοῦ παιδός σου Ιακωβ· δῶρα ἀπέσταλκεν τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ησαυ, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ὀπίσω ἡμῶν.

Then you shall say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob; he has sent them as gifts to my lord Esau, and behold, he himself is coming behind us.'

καὶ ἐνετείλατο τῷ πρώτῳ καὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ καὶ τῷ τρίτῳ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς προπορευομένοις ὀπίσω τῶν ποιμνίων τούτων λέγων Κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο λαλήσατε Ησαυ ἐν τῷ εὑρεῖν αὐτόν·

And he instructed the first and the second and the third and all those going ahead leading these droves, saying, 'According to this word you shall speak to Esau when you find him.'

καὶ ἐρεῖτε Ἰδοὺ ὁ παῖς σου Ιακωβ ὀπίσω ἡμῶν· εἶπεν γάρ Ἐξιλάσομαι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς δώροις τοῖς προπορευομένοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ὄψομαι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· ἴσως γὰρ προσδέξεται τὸ πρόσωπόν μου.

And you shall say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob is coming behind us'; for he said, 'I will appease his face with the gifts going before him, and after that I will see his face — perhaps he will accept my face.'

καὶ προῆλθον τὰ δῶρα κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· αὐτὸς δὲ ἐκοιμήθη τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.

So the gifts went on ahead of him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

Ἀναστὰς δὲ τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην ἔλαβεν τὰς δύο γυναῖκας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς δύο παιδίσκας καὶ τοὺς ἕνδεκα παῖδας αὐτοῦ καὶ διέβη τὴν διάβασιν τοῦ Ιαβοκ.

And rising that night, he took his two wives and his two maidservants and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτοὺς καὶ διέβη τὸν χειμάρρουν καὶ διεβίβασεν πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ.

And he took them and crossed over the stream and ferried over all that was his.

ὑπελείφθη δὲ Ιακωβ μόνος· καὶ ἐπάλαιεν ἄνθρωπος μετ' αὐτοῦ ἕως τοῦ πρωΐ.

And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the dawn.

εἶδεν δὲ ὅτι οὐ δύναται πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ πλάτους τοῦ μηροῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνάρκησεν τὸ πλάτος τοῦ μηροῦ Ιακωβ ἐν τῷ παλαίειν αὐτὸν μετ' αὐτοῦ.

And he saw that he could not prevail against him, and he touched the socket of his hip, and the socket of Jacob's hip was numbed as he wrestled with him.

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀπόστειλόν με· ἀνέβη γὰρ ὁ ὄρθρος. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Οὐ μή σε ἀποστείλω, ἐὰν μή με εὐλογήσῃς.

And he said to him, 'Let me go, for the dawn has come up.' But he said, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Τί τὸ ὄνομά σου; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ιακωβ.

And he said to him, 'What is your name?' And he said, 'Jacob.'

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι τὸ ὄνομά σου Ιακωβ, ἀλλὰ Ισραηλ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου· ὅτι ἐνίσχυσας μετὰ θεοῦ καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων δυνατός.

And he said to him, 'Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God and are mighty with men.'

ἠρώτησεν δὲ Ιακωβ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀνάγγειλόν μοι τὸ ὄνομά σου. καὶ εἶπεν Ἵνα τί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς τὸ ὄνομά μου; καὶ ηὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ.

And Jacob asked and said, 'Tell me your name.' And he said, 'Why is it that you ask my name?' And he blessed him there.

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ιακωβ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Εἶδος θεοῦ· εἶδον γὰρ θεὸν πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐσώθη μου ἡ ψυχή.

And Jacob called the name of that place 'Form of God' [Peniel]; for I saw God face to face, and my life was saved.

ἀνέτειλεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἥλιος ἡνίκα παρῆλθεν τὸ Εἶδος τοῦ θεοῦ· αὐτὸς δὲ ἐπεσκέλισεν τὸν μηρὸν αὐτοῦ.

And the sun rose upon him as he passed by the Form of God; and he was limping on his hip.

διὰ τοῦτο οὐ φάγονται οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τὸ νεῦρον ὃ ἐνάρκησεν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ πλάτους τοῦ μηροῦ, ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, ὅτι ἥψατο τοῦ πλάτους τοῦ μηροῦ Ιακωβ τοῦ νεύρου.

Therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which was numbed, which is on the socket of the thigh, until this day, because he touched the sinew of the socket of Jacob's thigh.