Genesis 32

1 (31:56) But Iacob went forth on his iourney. And the angels of God came & met hym. 2 (31:57) And when Iacob sawe them, he said, thys is Gods hoost: & called the name of that same place, Mahanaim. 3 (32:1) Iacob sent messengers before him to Esau hys brother, vnto the land of Seir, and the fyeld of Edom 4 (32:2) And he commaunded theym sayinge: see that ye speake after thys maner to my Lord Esau: thy seruaunte Iacob sayeth thus. I haue soiourned and bene a straunger wyth Laban vnto thys time, 5 (32:3) and haue gotten oxen, asses, and shepe, menseruauntes & womenseruauntes, & haue sent to shew it my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight. 6 (32:4) And the messengers came againe to Iacob sayinge: we came vnto thi brother Esau, & he commeth agaynst the & .iiij. hundred men wyth him. 7 (32:5) Then was Iacob greatly afrayed, & wyste not whych way to turne him selfe, and deuided the people that was wyth hym, and the shepe, oxen, & camels, into .ij. companyes, 8 (32:6) & sayd: If Esau come to the one part & smite it the other maye saue it selfe. 9 (32:7) And Iacob said: O god of mi father Abraham, & God of my father Isaac: Lord whiche saydest vnto me, returne vnto thy countrye & to thy kynred, & I wyll do all well with the. 10 (32:8) I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercies & trueth whyche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt. For wyth my stafe came I ouer thys Iordane, & now haue I goten two droues. 11 (32:9) Deliuer me from the handes of my brother Esau: for I feare hym: least he wyll come and smyte the mother wyth the chyldren. 12 (32:10) Thou saydest that thou wouldest surely do me good, and wouldest make my sede as the sande of the sea, whyche canne not be numbred for multitude. 13 (32:11) And he taried ther that same nyghte, and toke of that which came to hand a present, vnto Esau hys brother 14 (32:12) .ij. hundred she gootes, and .xx. he gootes: .ij. hundred shepe, and .xx. rammes: 15 (32:13) thyrtye mylch camels wyth their coltes .xl. kyne, and .x. bulles .xx. she asses, & .x. foles, 16 (32:14) and deliuered theym vnto hys seruauntes, euery droue by them selues, & said vnto theim, go forth before me & put a space betwyxte euerye droue. 17 (32:15) And he commaunded the formest sayinge. When Esau mi brother meteth the & axeth the sayinge: whose seruaunte arte thou and whither goest thou, and whose are these that go before the: 18 (32:16) thou shalte say they be thy seruaunt Iacobs, and are a present sent vnto my Lorde Esau, and beholde he him selfe commeth after vs. 19 (32:17) And so commaunded he 'fee second, & euen so the thyrd, & likewise al that folowed the droues sayinge, of this maner se that ye speake vnto Esau saying when ye mete hym, 20 (32:18) & said moreouer. Behold thy seruaunt Iacob cometh after vs, for he said. I wyl pease his wrath wt the present that goth before me, and afterward I wil se hym my selfe, so peraduenture he wil receiue me to grace. 21 (32:19) So wente the present before hym and he taried all that nyght in the tent, 22 (32:20) and rose vp the same night and toke hys two wyues, and his two maydens and hys .xi. sonnes, and went ouer the fourd Iabok. 23 (32:21) And he toke them and sent them ouer the ryuer, and sente ouer that he had, 24 (32:22) & taried behind hym selfe alone. And ther wresteled a man wyth him vnto the breaking of the day. 25 (32:23) And when he sawe that he could not preuayle agaynste hym, he smote hym vnder the thye, & the senowe of Iacobs thye shranke as he wrestled with him 26 (32:24) And he said: let me goo, for the day breaketh. And he said: I wyll not lette the go, excepte thou blesse me. 27 (32:25) And he sayd vnto hym: what is thy name? He answered: Iacob. 28 (32:26) And he said: thou shalt be called Iacob no more, but Israel. For thou hast wresteled with God and hast preuayled. 29 (32:27) And Iacob asked hym sayinge, tell me thy name. And he said, wherfore doest thou aske after my name? & he blessed hym there. 30 (32:28) And Iacob called the name of that place Pheniel for I haue sene God face to face, & yet is my life reserued. 31 (32:29) And as he went ouer Pheniel the sonne rose vpon him, & he halted vpon his thye: 32 (32:30) wherfore the children of Israell eate not of the senow that shranke vnder the thye, vnto thys daye: bicause that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senowe that shroncke.