- Genesis 32:14
וַיָּלֶן שָׁם בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיִּקַּח מִן־הַבָּא בְיָדוֹ מִנְחָה לְעֵשָׂו אָחִיו׃
After spending the night there, he selected from what was at hand these presents for his brother Esau:
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וּבָת תַּמָּן בְּלֵילְיָא הַהוּא וּנְסֵיב מִן דְּאַיְתִי בִּידֵיהּ תִּקְרוּבְתָּא לְעֵשָׂו אֲחוּהִי׃
He spent that night there. He took from that which comes into his hand, [for] a present to his brother, Eisov.
- Genesis 32:15
עִזִּים מָאתַיִם וּתְיָשִׁים עֶשְׂרִים רְחֵלִים מָאתַיִם וְאֵילִים עֶשְׂרִים׃
200 she-goats and 20 he-goats; 200 ewes and 20 rams;
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עִזֵּי מָאתַן וְתֵישַׁיָּא עַסְרִין רַחְלֵי מָאתַן וְדִכְרֵי עַסְרִין׃
Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams.
- Genesis 32:16
גְּמַלִּים מֵינִיקוֹת וּבְנֵיהֶם שְׁלֹשִׁים פָּרוֹת אַרְבָּעִים וּפָרִים עֲשָׂרָה אֲתֹנֹת עֶשְׂרִים וַעְיָרִם עֲשָׂרָה׃
30 milch camels with their colts; 40 cows and 10 bulls; 20 jennies and 10 jackasses.
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גַּמְלֵי מֵינְקָתָא וּבְנֵיהוֹן תְּלָתִין תּוֹרָתָא אַרְבְּעִין וְתוֹרֵי עַסְרָא אֲתָנֵי עַסְרִין וְעִלֵּי עַסְרָא׃
Thirty nursing camels and their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
- Genesis 32:17
וַיִּתֵּן בְּיַד־עֲבָדָיו עֵדֶר עֵדֶר לְבַדּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו עִבְרוּ לְפָנַי וְרֶוַח תָּשִׂימוּ בֵּין עֵדֶר וּבֵין עֵדֶר׃
These he put in the charge of his servants, drove by drove, and he told his servants, “Go on ahead, and keep a distance between droves.”
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וִיהַב בְּיַד עַבְדּוֹהִי עֶדְרָא עֶדְרָא בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי וַאֲמַר לְעַבְדּוֹהִי עֵיבַרוּ קֳדָמַי וְרַוְחָא תְּשַׁוּוֹן בֵּין עֶדְרָא וּבֵין עֶדְרָא׃
He placed them in the hand of his servants, each herd by itself. He said to his servants, Pass on ahead of me, and keep a space between each herd.
- Genesis 32:18
וַיְצַו אֶת־הָרִאשׁוֹן לֵאמֹר כִּי יִפְגׇשְׁךָ עֵשָׂו אָחִי וּשְׁאֵלְךָ לֵאמֹר לְמִי־אַתָּה וְאָנָה תֵלֵךְ וּלְמִי אֵלֶּה לְפָנֶיךָ׃
He instructed the one in front as follows, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, ‘Who’s your master? Where are you going? And whose [animals] are these ahead of you?’
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וּפַקֵּיד יָת קַדְמָאָה לְמֵימַר אֲרֵי יְעָרְעִנָּךְ עֵשָׂו אֲחִי וְיִשְׁאֲלִנָּךְ לְמֵימַר דְּמַן אַתְּ וּלְאָן אַתְּ אָזֵיל וּדְמַאן אִלֵּין דִּקְדָמָךְ׃
He commanded the first one, saying, When my brother, Eisov meets you and asks you saying, To whom do you belong, and where are you going; and who is the owner of this that is before you?
- Genesis 32:19
וְאָמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיַעֲקֹב מִנְחָה הִוא שְׁלוּחָה לַאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו וְהִנֵּה גַם־הוּא אַחֲרֵינוּ׃
you shall answer, ‘Your servant Jacob’s; they are a gift sent to my lord Esau; and [Jacob] himself is right behind us.’”
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וְתֵימַר דְּעַבְדָּךְ דְּיַעֲקֹב תִּקְרֻבְתָּא הִיא דִּמְשַׁלְחָא לְרִבּוֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו וְהָא אַף הוּא אָתֵי בָּתְרַנָא׃
You should [then] say, [They belong] to your servant, Yaakov. It is a present sent to my master, Eisov, and see, he is also [coming] behind us.
- Genesis 32:20
וַיְצַו גַּם אֶת־הַשֵּׁנִי גַּם אֶת־הַשְּׁלִישִׁי גַּם אֶת־כׇּל־הַהֹלְכִים אַחֲרֵי הָעֲדָרִים לֵאמֹר כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה תְּדַבְּרוּן אֶל־עֵשָׂו בְּמֹצַאֲכֶם אֹתוֹ׃
He gave similar instructions to the second one, and the third, and all the others who followed the droves, namely, “Thus and so shall you say to Esau when you reach him.
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וּפַקֵּיד אַף יָת תִּנְיָנָא אַף יָת תְּלִיתָאָה אַף יָת כָּל דְּאָזְלִין בָּתַר עֶדְרַיָּא לְמֵימַר כְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין תְּמַלְּלוּן עִם עֵשָׂו כַּד תַּשְׁכְּחוּן יָתֵיהּ׃
He also commanded the second and also the third, and to all who followed after the herds, saying, In like manner must you speak to Eisov when you find [meet] him.
- Genesis 32:21
וַאֲמַרְתֶּם גַּם הִנֵּה עַבְדְּךָ יַעֲקֹב אַחֲרֵינוּ כִּי־אָמַר אֲכַפְּרָה פָנָיו בַּמִּנְחָה הַהֹלֶכֶת לְפָנָי וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֶרְאֶה פָנָיו אוּלַי יִשָּׂא פָנָי׃
And you shall add, ‘And your servant Jacob himself is right behind us.’” For he reasoned, “If I propitiate him with presents in advance, and then face him, perhaps he will show me favor.”
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וְתֵימְרוּן אַף הָא עַבְדָּךְ יַעֲקֹב אָתֵי בָּתְרַנָא אֲרֵי אֲמַר אֲנִיחִנֵּיהּ לְרוּגְזֵיהּ בְּתִקְרוּבְתָּא דְּאָזְלָא קֳדָמַי וּבָתַר כֵּן אֶחְזֵי אַפּוֹהִי מָאִם יִסַּב אַפָּי׃
You should also say, See, your servant Yaakov is [coming] behind us. For he said, I will appease him [quieten his anger] with the present that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face, perhaps he will forgive me.
- Genesis 32:22
וַתַּעֲבֹר הַמִּנְחָה עַל־פָּנָיו וְהוּא לָן בַּלַּיְלָה־הַהוּא בַּמַּחֲנֶה׃
And so the gift went on ahead, while he remained in camp that night.
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וַעֲבַרַת תִּקְרוּבְתָּא עַל אַפּוֹהִי וְהוּא בָּת בְּלֵילְיָא הַהוּא בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא׃
The present passed on ahead of him, but he spent the night in the camp.
- Genesis 32:23
וַיָּקׇם ׀ בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי שִׁפְחֹתָיו וְאֶת־אַחַד עָשָׂר יְלָדָיו וַיַּעֲבֹר אֵת מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק׃
That same night he arose, and taking his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, he crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
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וְקָם בְּלֵילְיָא הוּא וּדְבַר יָת תַּרְתֵּין נְשׁוֹהִי וְיָת תַּרְתֵּין לְחֵינָתֵיהּ וְיָת חַד עֲסַר בְּנוֹהִי וַעֲבַר יָת מַעֲבַר יוּבְקָא׃
He got up that night and took his two wives, his two handmaids [concubines], and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of the Yabbok [River].
- Genesis 32:24
וַיִּקָּחֵם וַיַּעֲבִרֵם אֶת־הַנָּחַל וַיַּעֲבֵר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ׃
After taking them across the stream, he sent across all his possessions.
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וּדְבַרִנּוּן וְאַעְבַּרִנּוּן יָת נַחְלָא וְאַעְבַּר יָת דְּלֵיהּ׃
He [then] took them and crossed them over the stream. He [also] brought over all that he possessed.
- Genesis 32:25
וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃
Jacob was left alone. And a figure wrestled with him until the break of dawn.
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וְאִשְׁתְּאַר יַעֲקֹב בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי וְאִשְׁתַּדַּל גּוּבְרָא עִמֵּיהּ עַד דִּסְלֵיק צַפְרָא׃
Yaakov remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Genesis 32:26
וַיַּרְא כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ וַיִּגַּע בְּכַף־יְרֵכוֹ וַתֵּקַע כַּף־יֶרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב בְּהֵאָבְקוֹ עִמּוֹ׃
When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he wrenched Jacob’s hip at its socket, so that the socket of his hip was strained as he wrestled with him.
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וַחֲזָא אֲרֵי לָא יָכֵיל לֵיהּ וּקְרֵיב בִּפְתֵי יִרְכֵּיהּ וְזָע פְּתֵי יִרְכָּא דְּיַעֲקֹב בְּאִשְׁתַּדָּלוּתֵיהּ עִמֵּיהּ׃
He [the man] saw that he could not defeat him, and he struck the socket [girth] of his hip. [The girth of] Yaakov’s hip joint was dislocated as he wrestled with him.
- Genesis 32:27
וַיֹּאמֶר שַׁלְּחֵנִי כִּי עָלָה הַשָּׁחַר וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ כִּי אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּנִי׃
Then he said, “Let me go, for dawn is breaking.” But he answered, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”
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וַאֲמַר שַׁלְּחַנִי אֲרֵי סְלֵיק צַפְרָא וַאֲמַר לָא אֲשַׁלְּחִנָּךְ אֱלָהֵין בָּרֵיכְתָּנִי׃
He [the man] said, Let me go, for the dawn is breaking. He [Yaakov] said, I will not let you go unless you bless me.
- Genesis 32:28
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מַה־שְּׁמֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב׃
Said the other, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ מַן שְׁמָךְ וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב׃
He [the man] said to him, What is your name? And he replied, Yaakov.
- Genesis 32:29
וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֹד שִׁמְךָ כִּי אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־שָׂרִיתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִים וְעִם־אֲנָשִׁים וַתּוּכָל׃
Said he, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed.”
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וַאֲמַר לָא יַעֲקֹב יִתְאֲמַר עוֹד שְׁמָךְ אֱלָהֵין יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲרֵי רָב אַתְּ קֳדָם יְיָ וְעִם גּוּבְרַיָּא וִיכֵילְתָּא׃
He [the man] said, No longer will your name be spoken of as Yaakov, but as Yisrael, for you have contended with God[ly beings] [are great before God] and with men, and you have won.
- Genesis 32:30
וַיִּשְׁאַל יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הַגִּידָה־נָּא שְׁמֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתוֹ שָׁם׃
Jacob asked, “Pray tell me your name.” But he said, “You must not ask my name!” And he took leave of him there.
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וּשְׁאֵיל יַעֲקֹב וַאֲמַר חַו כְּעַן שְׁמָךְ וַאֲמַר לְמָא דְּנָן אַתְּ שָׁאֵיל לִשְׁמִי וּבָרֵיךְ יָתֵיהּ תַּמָּן׃
Yaakov asked him, and said, Please [Now] tell me your name. He said, Why then do you ask my name? He then blessed him [Yaakov] there.