Verse 9
Genesis 32:9
World English Bible
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Jacob said, “God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר אִם יָב֥וֹא עֵשָׂ֛ו אֶל הַ/מַּחֲנֶ֥ה הָ/אַחַ֖ת וְ/הִכָּ֑/הוּ וְ/הָיָ֛ה הַ/מַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַ/נִּשְׁאָ֖ר לִ/פְלֵיטָֽה
English Translation
And he said, "If Esau comes to one of the camps and strikes it, then the camp that is left will escape."
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Chapter 32 Context
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Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God (Elohim) met him.
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When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God (Elohim)’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahana...
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Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, J...
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I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, tha...
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The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes...
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7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the f...
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and he said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will...
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9
Jacob said, “God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who sai...
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I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have show...
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11
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come a...
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You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be...
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13
He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brothe...
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14
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
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He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “P...
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He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose a...
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Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold,...
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19
He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how y...
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You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I wil...
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So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
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He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crosse...
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23
He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
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Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
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When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow o...
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The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me....
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27
He said to him, “What is your name?”
He said, “Jacob”.
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28
He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God (Elohim...
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29
Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”
He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He b...
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Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, “I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and...
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31
The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
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32
Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh...
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