1雅各作好準備與以掃相見雅各繼續他的路程， 神的眾使者遇見他。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為32:2）
1Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2雅各看見他們，就說：“這是 神的軍隊。”於是給那地方起名叫瑪哈念。
2When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3雅各先派使者到西珥地，就是以東的地區，他的哥哥以掃那裡去，
3Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
4吩咐他們說：“你們要對我主以掃這樣說：‘你的僕人雅各這樣說：我在拉班那裡寄居，一直到現在。
4He 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我擁有牛、驢、羊群、僕婢，現在派人來報告我主，希望得到你的歡心。’”
5I 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使者回到雅各那裡說：“我們到了你哥哥以掃那裡，他帶著四百人，正迎著你來。”
6The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.”
7雅各感到非常懼怕和焦慮，就把隨行的人、羊群、牛群和駱駝，分成兩隊，
7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
8心裡想：“即使以掃來擊殺這一隊，餘下的一隊還可以逃脫。”
8and he said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
9雅各說：“耶和華，我祖亞伯拉罕的 神，我父以撒的 神啊，你曾經對我說過：‘回到你自己的故鄉，到你的親族那裡去，我必厚待你。’
9Jacob 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你向你僕人所施的一切慈愛和信實，我實在不配得。從前我只拿著我的手杖過這約旦河；現在我卻擁有這兩隊人馬了。
10I 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 passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
11求你救我脫離我哥哥以掃的手，因為我怕他來擊殺我，連母親和孩子也擊殺了。
11Please 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你曾經說過：‘我必厚待你，使你的後裔好像海邊的沙一樣，多到不可勝數。’”
12You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can’t be numbered because there are so many.’”
13那天晚上，雅各在那裡過夜。然後從他所擁有的牲畜中，取出一部分，作為給他哥哥以掃的禮物，
13He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
14就是母山羊二百隻、公山羊二十隻、母綿羊二百隻、公綿羊二十隻、
14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15哺乳的母駱駝三十匹，各帶著駒子，母牛四十頭、公牛十頭、母驢二十頭、公驢十頭。
15thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
16雅各把這些分成一隊一隊，交在僕人的手裡，又對僕人說：“你們先過去，每隊之間要留一段距離。”
16He 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他又吩咐走在最前的僕人說：“我哥哥以掃遇見你的時候，如果問你：‘你的主人是誰？你要到哪裡去？在你前面的這些牲畜是誰的？’
17He 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你就要回答：‘是你僕人雅各的，是送給我主以掃的禮物，他自己也在我們後面。’”
18Then 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他又吩咐第二個、第三個和所有跟在隊伍後面的人說：“你們遇見以掃的時候，都要這樣對他說。
19He 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你們還要說：‘你的僕人雅各在我們後面。’”因為他心裡想：“我先送禮物去，藉此與他和解，然後再與他見面，或者他會原諒我。”
20You 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於是禮物先過去了；那天晚上雅各在營中過夜。
21So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22雅各那夜起來，帶著他的兩個妻子、兩個婢女和十一個孩子，都過了雅博渡口。
22He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
23雅各與天使摔角他帶著他們，先打發他們過河，然後又打發他所有的都過去。
23He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
24只留下雅各一人，有一個人來與他摔角，直到天快亮的時候。
24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
25那人見自己不能勝過他，就在他的大腿窩上打了一下。於是，雅各與那人摔角的時候，大腿窩脫了節。
25When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled.
26那人說：“天快亮了，讓我走吧。”雅各說：“如果你不給我祝福，我就不讓你走。”
26The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”
27雅各獲勝之後改名以色列那人問他：“你叫甚麼名字？”他回答：“雅各。”
27He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”
28那人說：“你的名字不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列，因為你與 神與人較力，都得了勝。”
28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
29雅各問他，說：“請把你的名告訴我。”那人回答：“為甚麼問我的名呢？”他就在那裡給雅各祝福。
29Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He blessed him there.
30於是，雅各給那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思說：“我面對面看見了 神，我的性命仍得保全。”
30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel Peniel means “face of God.” : for, he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
31雅各經過毗努伊勒的時候，太陽剛剛出來，照在他身上。他因為大腿的傷，跛腳行走。
31The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
32因此，以色列人直到現在都不吃大腿窩上的筋，因為那人在雅各的大腿窩上的筋打了一下。
32Therefore 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.