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1 Jacob y su familia reanudaron la marcha. Los ángeles de Dios le salieron al encuentro.
1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 Cuando él los vio, exclamó: «¡Aquí está el campamento de Dios!». Por esta razón llamó aquel lugar Majanayin (dos campamentos).
2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 Jacob envió mensajeros a su hermano Esaú en Edom, que está en la tierra de Seír.
3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
4 Les pidió que le dijeran a Esaú: «Te saluda tu siervo Jacob. Hasta hace poco estuve viviendo con nuestro tío Labán.
4 He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
5 Ahora poseo bueyes, burros, ovejas y muchos esclavos y esclavas. He enviado estos mensajeros para que te den la noticia de que regreso, con la esperanza de que tengamos un encuentro amistoso».
5 I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”
6 Los mensajeros volvieron con la noticia de que Esaú estaba en camino para encontrarse con Jacob, ¡con cuatrocientos hombres!
6 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
7 El temor y la angustia se apoderaron de Jacob. Dividió la familia, los rebaños, las reses y los camellos en dos grupos;
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies.
8 porque se dijo: «Si Esaú ataca un grupo, el otro podrá escapar».
8 He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
9 Entonces Jacob oró: «Señor, Dios de mi abuelo Abraham y de mi padre Isaac, tú me dijiste que regresara a la tierra de mis padres y que estarías conmigo para que me fuera bien.
9 Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’
10 Mira, no soy digno de recibir la más pequeña de las misericordias que me has mostrado una y otra vez, conforme a tu promesa. Cuando salí de mi hogar y crucé el río Jordán, la única posesión que tenía era mi bastón; pero ahora necesito dos campamentos para guardar todo lo que tengo.
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
11 ¡Te suplico que me libres del furor de mi hermano Esaú! Tengo miedo, un miedo terrible de que él venga a matarme, y mate también a estas mujeres y a sus hijos.
11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.
12 Recuerda que tú prometiste que me harías bien y que multiplicarías mis descendientes hasta que llegaran a ser como la arena del mar, de modo que no podrían ser contados».
12 You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”
13 Jacob pasó allí la noche y preparó un obsequio para su hermano Esaú: 200 cabras, 20 chivos, 200 ovejas, 20 carneros, 30 camellas paridas con sus crías, 40 vacas, 10 toros, 20 burras, 10 burros.
13 He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:
14 Not in this translation
14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15 Not in this translation
15 thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
16 Instruyó a sus siervos para que los condujeran en grupos, y les pidió que guardaran una distancia prudente entre grupo y grupo.
16 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
17 Le dijo al que llevaba el primer grupo que cuando encontrara a Esaú, y este preguntara: «¿Hacia dónde van? ¿A quién sirven? ¿De quién son estos animales?»,
17 He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’
18 le respondiera: «Mi señor Esaú, este es un regalo que le envía mi amo Jacob. A propósito, él viene detrás de nosotros».
18 Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”
19 Jacob pidió a cada uno de los que envió al frente de los grupos que le dieran el mismo mensaje a Esaú.
19 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
20 La estrategia de Jacob consistía en apaciguar a su hermano por medio de los presentes enviados antes de su encuentro. Jacob pensaba que quizá de esa manera Esaú dejaría de odiarlo, y cuando se encontraran lo recibiría muy bien.
20 You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
21 Así que Jacob le envió a Esaú los regalos por adelantado, y él pasó la noche en el campamento.
21 So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
22 Pero durante la noche, Jacob se levantó y despertó a sus dos esposas, a las concubinas y a los once hijos y los hizo cruzar el Jordán por el vado de Jaboc. Enseguida regresó al campamento y se quedó solo allí. Y un varón luchó con él hasta el alba.
22 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
23 Not in this translation
23 He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
24 Not in this translation
24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
25 Cuando el varón vio que no podía ganar la lucha, hirió a Jacob en la articulación de la cadera y se la dislocó.
25 When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
26 Entonces el varón le dijo: ―Déjame ir, porque ya amanece. Pero Jacob le contestó: ―No te soltaré si no me bendices.
26 The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
27 ―¿Cómo te llamas? —le preguntó el varón. ―Jacob —fue la respuesta.
27 He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.
28 ―Ese ya no será tu nombre —le dijo el varón—. A partir de hoy te llamarás Israel, porque has luchado con Dios y con los hombres, y has ganado.
28 He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
29 Jacob le preguntó: ―¿Cómo te llamas? ―¿Por qué me lo preguntas? —le dijo aquel varón. Luego bendijo a Jacob.
29 Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
30 A aquel lugar Jacob le puso Peniel (rostro de Dios), porque dijo: «Vi a Dios cara a cara y me dejó con vida».
30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
31 Salía el sol cuando Jacob emprendió el camino, y renqueaba a causa de su cadera.
31 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
32 (Esta es la razón por la que el pueblo de Israel, hasta este día, no come del tendón que está en la articulación de la cadera, porque en esa parte Jacob fue herido).
32 Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 91:11; Psalm 34:7; Ephesians 3:10; Hebrews 1:4; 2 Kings 6:16–17
- 2 2 Samuel 2:8; Joshua 5:14; Joshua 21:38; 1 Kings 2:8; Luke 2:13
- 3 Joshua 24:4; Genesis 25:30; Genesis 14:6; Genesis 33:14; Deuteronomy 2:5
- 4 1 Peter 3:6; 1 Kings 20:32; Genesis 33:8; Genesis 32:18; Genesis 27:37
- 5 Genesis 33:8; Genesis 33:15; Job 6:22; Genesis 33:11; 2 Samuel 16:4
- 6 Genesis 33:1; Amos 5:19; Genesis 32:11; Genesis 27:40–41; Genesis 32:8
- 7 Genesis 35:3; Genesis 32:11; Psalm 107:6; Proverbs 2:11; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
- 8 Genesis 33:1–3; Matthew 10:16
- 9 Genesis 31:42; Psalm 34:4–6; Genesis 31:3; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:13
- 10 Psalm 18:35; Genesis 24:27; 2 Samuel 7:18; 1 Timothy 1:12–15; Job 42:5–6
- 11 Psalm 59:1–2; Proverbs 18:19; Matthew 6:13; Psalm 31:2; Daniel 3:17
- 12 Genesis 28:13–15; Hebrews 6:17; Titus 1:2; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 46:3–4
- 13 Proverbs 18:16; Genesis 43:11; Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 19:6; Proverbs 21:14
- 16 Isaiah 28:26; Matthew 10:16; Proverbs 2:11; Genesis 33:8–9; Psalm 112:5
- 17 Genesis 33:3
- 18 Genesis 32:4–5
- 20 Job 42:8–9; Proverbs 21:14; Proverbs 16:14; 2 Timothy 2:25; Genesis 43:11
- 22 Deuteronomy 3:16; Deuteronomy 2:37; Joshua 12:2; 1 Timothy 5:8; Genesis 35:22–26
- 25 2 Corinthians 12:7–9; Hosea 12:3–4; Genesis 32:32; Matthew 26:41; Isaiah 45:11
- 26 Hosea 12:4; Psalm 115:12–13; 2 Corinthians 12:8–9; Psalm 67:1; 1 Chronicles 4:10
- 28 Revelation 2:17; Genesis 35:10; Isaiah 62:2–4; Hosea 12:3–5; Genesis 27:33–36
- 29 Job 11:7; Isaiah 9:6; Judges 13:16–18; Hosea 6:1; Genesis 27:28–29
- 30 Exodus 24:10–11; Numbers 12:8; Isaiah 6:5; Deuteronomy 5:24; Genesis 16:13
- 31 2 Corinthians 12:7; Malachi 4:2; Genesis 19:15; Psalm 38:17; Genesis 32:25
- 32 1 Samuel 5:5
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… eternal, and of right belongs eternally to Jerusalem the free mother, where the genuine people of Israel shall be: for this name is interpreted "Seeing God;" in the desire of which reward a pious life is to be led through faith in this miserable pilgrimage.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And said to Him, "I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me." When the conqueror was blessed by the Conquered, Christ was figured.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
But this Jacob, when he received another name, heard the same words, "Thou shalt not be called Jacob, but Israel shalt thou be called." Search the Scriptures, and see how that he was always called both, both Jacob and Israel.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)