Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob's; it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us (32:18)

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him (32:19)

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me (32:20)

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company (32:21)

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok (32:22)

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had (32:23)

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (32:24) com1

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him (32:25)

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me (32:26)

And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob. (32:27) com2

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (32:28) com3

And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there (32:29)

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved (32:30)

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh (32:31)

Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank (32:32)

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