¹A Jakob išiel svojou cestou, a stretli sa s ním anjeli Boží.

¹And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

²A Jakob povedal, keď ich videl: Toto je tábor Boží. A preto nazval meno toho miesta: Machnajim.

²and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This [is] the camp of God;` and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.`

³A Jakob poslal pred sebou poslov k Ezavovi, svojmu bratovi, do zeme Seira, do kraja Edomovho.

³And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

⁴A prikázal im a riekol: Takto poviete môjmu pánovi Ezavovi: Takto hovorí tvoj služobník Jakob: Býval som ako pohostín u Lábana a bol som tam až doteraz.

⁴and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;

⁵A mám volov a oslov, drobné stádo a sluhov a dievky a poslal som popredku poslov oznámiť sa svojmu pánovi, aby som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach.

⁵and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.`

⁶Potom sa navrátili poslovia k Jakobovi a vraveli: Prišli sme k tvojmu bratovi, k Ezavovi, ktorý ti aj ide oproti a štyristo mužov s ním.

⁶And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;`

⁷A Jakob sa veľmi bál, a bolo mu úzko. A rozdelil ľud, ktorý bol s ním, i stádo i rožný statok i veľblúdov na dva tábory,

⁷and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who [are] with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,

⁸lebo povedal: Ak prijde Ezav k jednému táboru a zbije ho, tábor, ktorý pozostane, môže nejako uniknúť.

⁸and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it — then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.`

⁹A Jakob povedal: Bože môjho otca Abraháma a Bože môjho otca Izáka, Hospodine, ktorý si mi povedal: Navráť sa do svojej zeme a ku svojej rodine, a učiním ti dobre,

⁹And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee:

¹⁰menší som od všetkých tých skutkov milosrdenstva a od všetkej pravdy a vernosti, ktoré si učinil so svojím služobníkom, lebo len so svojou palicou som prešiel tento Jordán pred rokami a teraz som vo dva tábory.

¹⁰I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant — for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

¹¹Vytrhni ma, prosím, z ruky môjho brata, z ruky Ezava, lebo sa ho bojím, aby neprišiel a nezbil ma i matky s deťmi!

¹¹`Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me — mother beside sons;

¹²Avšak ty si povedal: Istotne ti dobre učiním a rozmnožím tvoje semeno, že ho bude jako piesku mora, ktorý nie je možné spočítať pre jeho množstvo.

¹²and Thou — Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.`

¹³A nocoval tam v tú noc. Potom vzal z toho, čo mu prišlo pod ruku, dar pre Ezava, svojho brata:

¹³And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother:

¹⁴dvesto kôz a kozlov dvadsať, dvesto oviec a baranov dvadsať,

¹⁴she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,

¹⁵nadájajúcich veľblúdov s ich žriebätami tridsať, štyridsať kráv a desať býkov, dvadsať oslíc a desať osliat.

¹⁵suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;

¹⁶A oddal to do ruky svojich sluhov, každé stádo osobitne a povedal svojim sluhom: Iďte predo mnou a urobte tak, aby bol priestor medzi stádom a stádom.

¹⁶and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.`

¹⁷Prvému prikázal a povedal: Keď sa stretne s tebou Ezav, môj brat, a bude sa pýtať a povie: Čí si ty? A kam ideš? A čie je toto stádo tu pred tebou?

¹⁷And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?

¹⁸Vtedy povieš: Tvojho služobníkov, Jakobov. Je to dar, poslaný môjmu pánovi Ezavovi. A hľa, i sám ide za nami.

¹⁸then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob`s: it [is] a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also [is] behind us.`

¹⁹A prikázal i druhému i tretiemu, i všetkým, ktorí išli za stádami, a riekol: To isté hovorte aj vy Ezavovi, keď ho najdete.

¹⁹And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

²⁰A tiež poviete: Hľa, i tvoj služobník Jakob ide za nami.- Lebo povedal: Ukrotím jeho tvár darom, ktorý ide predo mnou, a len potom uvidím jeho tvár, snáď ma tak prijme láskavo.

²⁰and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us;` for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;`

²¹A tedy išiel dar pred ním, a on nocoval tej noci v tábore.

²¹and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

²²A vstal tej noci a vzal obe svoje ženy aj obe svoje dievky aj svojich jedenásť detí a prešiel cez brod Jaboka.

²²And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

²³A vzal ich a prepravil ich cez ten potok a prepravil všetko, čo mal.

²³and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.

²⁴A Jakob zostal samotný. A zápasil tam s ním nejaký muž až do vtedy, keď vychádzala zora.

²⁴And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

²⁵A vidiac, že ho nepremôže, dotkol sa kĺbu jeho bedra, a tak sa vyšinul kĺb bedra Jakobovho, keď s ním zápasil.

²⁵and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob`s thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;

²⁶A riekol: Pusti ma, lebo už vychádza ranná zora. Ale on povedal: Nepustím ťa, len ak ma požehnáš.

²⁶and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:` and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.`

²⁷A riekol mu: Č je tvoje meno? A on povedal: Jakob.

²⁷And he saith unto him, `What [is] thy name?` and he saith, `Jacob.`

²⁸A riekol: Nebude sa viacej nazývať tvoje meno iba Jakob, ale aj Izrael; lebo si sa kniežatsky boril s Bohom i s ľuďmi a premohol si.

²⁸And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.`

²⁹A Jakob sa pýtal a povedal: Oznám mi, prosím, svoje meno! Ale on riekol: Prečo sa pýtaš na moje meno? A požehnal ho tam.

²⁹And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;` and he saith, `Why [is] this, thou askest for My name?` and He blesseth him there.

³⁰A Jakob nazval meno toho miesta Peniel; lebo vraj tu som videl Boha tvárou v tvár, a predsa je od záhuby vytrhnutá moja duša.

³⁰And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;`

³¹A slnce mu vyšlo, ako prešiel Penuel, ale kulhal na svoje bedro.

³¹and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;

³²Preto nejedia synovia Izraelovi žily stehna, ktorá je na kĺbe bedra, až do tohoto dňa, pretože sa rušivo dotkol kĺba bedra Jakobovho, žily stehna.

³²therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which [is] on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob`s thigh, against the sinew which shrank.