Genesis 32

1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

1 وَلَمَّا مَضَى يَعْقُوبُ فِي سَبِيلِهِ لاقَتْهُ مَلائِكَةُ اللهِ.

2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

2 فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «هَذَا جُنْدُ اللهِ». فَدَعَا اسْمَ ذَلِكَ الْمكَانِ مَحَنَايِمَ. (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْمُعَسْكَرَانِ).

3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

3 وَبَعَثَ يَعْقُوبُ قُدَّامَهُ رُسُلاً إِلَى أَخِيهِ عِيسُو فِي أَرْضِ سَعِيرَ بِلادِ أَدُومَ.

4 He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

4 وَأَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلاً: «هَذَا مَا تَقُولُونَهُ لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُو: هَكَذَا يَقُولُ عَبْدُكَ يَعْقُوبُ: لَقَدْ تَغَرَّبْتُ عِنْدَ لابَانَ وَمَكَثْتُ هُنَاكَ إِلَى الآنَ،

5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

5 وَاقْتَنَيْتُ بَقَراً وَحَمِيراً وَغَنَماً وَعَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً وَأَرْسَلْتُ لأُعْلِمَ سَيِّدِي لَعَلَّنِي أَحْظَى بِرِضَاكَ».

6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

6 فَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ إِلَى يَعْقُوبَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدْ قَدِمْنَا عَلَى أَخِيكَ عِيسُو وَهَا هُوَ مُقْبِلٌ إِلَيْكَ، وَمَعَهُ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ».

7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

7 فَاعْتَرَى يَعْقُوبَ خَوْفٌ وَكَرَبٌ عَظِيمَانِ وَقَسَّمَ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالْغَنَمَ وَالْبَقَرَ وَالْجِمَالَ إِلَى جَمَاعَتَيْنِ.

8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

8 وَقَالَ: «إِنْ صَادَفَ عِيسُو إِحْدَى الْجَمَاعَتَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَهَا، تَنْجُ الْجَمَاعَةُ الْبَاقِيَةُ».

9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

9 وَصَلَّى يَعْقُوبُ: «يَا إِلَهَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهَ أَبِي إِسْحاقَ، أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي قَالَ لِي: ارْجِعْ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ وَإِلَى قَوْمِكَ فَأُحْسِنَ إِلَيْكَ.

10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

10 أَنَا لَا أَسْتَحِقُّ جَمِيعَ إِحْسَانَاتِكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ الَّتيِ أَبْدَيْتَهَا نَحْوَ عَبْدِكَ، فَقَدْ عَبَرْتُ الأُرْدُنَّ وَلَيْسَ مَعِي سِوَى عَصَايَ، وَهَا أَنَا أَعُودُ وَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ جَيْشَيْنِ.

11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

11 نَجِّنِي مِنْ يَدِ أَخِي عِيسُو لأَنِّي خَائِفٌ أَنْ يَقْدِمَ عَلَيَّ فَيُهْلِكَنِي وَيُهْلِكَ مَعِي الأُمَّهَاتِ وَالْبَنِينَ.

12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

12 وَأَنْتَ قُلْتَ: إِنِّي أُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَجْعَلُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ فَلا تُحْصَى لِكَثْرَتِهَا».

13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

13 وَبَاتَ هُنَاكَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ، وَانْتَقَى مِمَّا لَدَيْهِ هَدِيَّةً لأَخِيهِ عِيسُو.

14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

14 فَكَانَتْ مِئَتَيْ عَنْزٍ وَعِشْرِينَ تَيْساً وَمِئَتَيْ نَعْجَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كَبْشاً،

15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

15 وَثَلاثِينَ نَاقَةً مُرْضِعَةً مَعَ أَوْلادِهَا، وَأَرْبَعِينَ بَقَرَةً وَعَشَرَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَتَاناً وَعَشَرَةَ حَمِيرٍ،

16 He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

16 وَعَهِدَ بِها إِلَى أَيْدِي عَبِيدِهِ، كُلِّ قَطِيعٍ عَلَى حِدَةٍ. وَقَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «تَقَدَّمُونِي، وَاجْعَلُوا بَيْنَ كُلِّ قَطِيعٍ وَقَطِيعٍ مَسَافَةً».

17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’

17 وَأَوْصَى طَلِيعَتَهُمْ قَائِلاً: «إِذَا لَقِيتَ أَخِي عِيسُو وَسَأَلَكَ: لِمَنْ أَنْتَ؟ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ صَاحِبُ الْقَطِيعِ الَّذِي أَمَامَكَ؟

18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

18 أَنَّكَ تُجِيبُ: هِيَ لِعَبْدِكَ يَعْقُوبَ، هَدِيَّةٌ بَعَثَ بِها لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُو. وَهَا هُوَ قَادِمٌ خَلْفَنَا».

19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.

19 وَأَوْصَى أَيْضاً بَقِيَّةَ السَّائِرِينَ وَرَاءَ الْقُطْعَانِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ وَأَضَافَ:

20 You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

20 «تَقُولُونَ أَيْضاً: هُوَذَا عَبْدُكَ يَعْقُوبُ قَادِمٌ وَرَاءَنَا». وَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ يَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «أَسْتَعْطِفُهُ بِالْهَدَايَا الَّتِي تَتَقَدَّمُنِي، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أُشَاهِدُ وَجْهَهُ لَعَلَّهُ يَرْضَى عَنِّي».

21 So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

21 وَهَكَذَا تَقَدَّمَتْهُ هَدَايَاهُ. أَمَّا هُوَ فَقَضَى لَيْلَتَهُ فِي الْمُخَيَّمِ.

22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

22 ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَصَحِبَ مَعَهُ زَوْجَتَيْهِ وَجَارِيَتَيْهِ وَأَوْلادَهُ الأَحَدَ عَشَرَ، وَعَبَرَ بِهِمْ مَخَاضَةَ يَبُّوقَ،

23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

23 وَلَمَّا أَجَازَهُمْ وَكُلَّ مَالَهُ عَبْرَ الْوَادِي،

24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

24 وَبَقِيَ وَحْدَهُ، صَارَعَهُ إِنْسَانٌ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ.

25 When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

25 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَغَلَّبْ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ، ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى حُقِّ فَخْذِهِ، فَانْخَلَعَ مَفْصِلُ فَخْذِ يَعْقُوبَ فِي مُصَارَعَتِهِ مَعَهُ.

26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

26 وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَطْلِقْنِي، فَقَدْ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ». فَأَجَابَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «لا أُطْلِقُكَ حَتَّى تُبَارِكَنِي».

27 “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

27 فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «يَعْقُوبُ».

28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

28 فَقَالَ: «لا يُدْعَى اسْمُكَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ يَعْقُوبَ، بَلْ إِسْرَائِيلَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: يُجَاهِدُ مَعَ اللهِ)، لأَنَّكَ جَاهَدْتَ مَعَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ وَقَدَرْتَ».

29 And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

29 فَسَأَلَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «أَخْبِرْنِي مَا اسْمُكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُ عَنِ اسْمِي؟» وَبَارَكَهُ هُنَاكَ.

30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

30 وَدَعَا يَعْقُوبُ اسْمَ الْمَكَانِ فَنِيئِيلَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: وَجْهُ اللهِ) إِذْ قَالَ: «لأَنِّي شَاهَدْتُ اللهَ وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ وَبَقِيتُ حَيًّا».

31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

31 وَمَا إِنْ عَبَرَ فَنِيئِيلَ حَتَّى أَشْرَقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ فَسَارَ وَهُوَ عَارِجٌ مِنْ فَخْذِهِ

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

32 لِذَلِكَ يَمْتَنِعُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَكْلِ عِرْقِ النَّسَا الَّذِي عَلَى حُقِّ الْفَخْذِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ ضَرَبَ حُقَّ فَخْذِ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَى عِرْقِ النَّسَا.