Verse 3
Genesis 32:3
Darby Translation
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And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאָ֔/ם מַחֲנֵ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים זֶ֑ה וַ/יִּקְרָ֛א שֵֽׁם הַ/מָּק֥וֹם הַ/ה֖וּא מַֽחֲנָֽיִם
English Translation
And Jacob said, "This is the camp of God," and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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Chapter 32 Context
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And Jacob went on his way; and the angels of God (Elohim) met him.
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And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God (Elohim). And he called the name of that pl...
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And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of...
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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thu...
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and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that...
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming...
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and...
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And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall es...
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And Jacob said, God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who...
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I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy se...
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Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he...
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And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, whi...
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And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother
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two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
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thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young ass...
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And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his ser...
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose...
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then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also...
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And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According t...
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And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate...
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And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, an...
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and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.
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And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
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And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the join...
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And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless...
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And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with...
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And Jacob asked and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel For I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and my life...
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And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.
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Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to thi...
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