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Genesis 32

Genesis 32 follows Jacob as he approaches Esau. Angels meet him, but news that Esau is coming with four hundred men fills Jacob with fear. He divides his company, prays by appealing to God’s command and promises, and sends large gifts ahead. Alone at night, Jacob wrestles with a mysterious man until daybreak, receives the new name Israel, and is permanently marked by a limp. He names the place Peniel because he has seen God face to face and lived.

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Verses 1–2Jacob meets the angels of God Verses 3–8Jacob sends messengers to Esau and fears Verses 9–12Jacob prays for deliverance Verses 13–21Jacob sends gifts ahead to Esau Verses 22–32Jacob wrestles through the night

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1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of…2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's…3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother…4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto…5And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and…6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to…7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided…8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and…9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and…10I am not worthy of the least of all the…11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my…12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and…13And he lodged there that same night; and took of…14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred…15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten…16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants,…17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother…18Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it…19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and…20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind…21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged…22And he rose up that night, and took his two…23And he took them, and sent them over the brook,…24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man…25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him,…26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.…27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And…28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more…29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray…30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for…31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon…32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew…