12. You said to me, ‘I will do good to you. I will make your children as many as the sand of the seashore. There will be too many to count.’”
13. Jacob stayed there for the night. He prepared a gift for Esau from what he had with him.
14. It was 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep.
15. There were 30 female camels and their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16. Jacob gave each separate flock of animals to one of his servants. Then he said to them, “Go ahead of me and keep some space between each herd.”
17. Jacob gave them their orders. To the servant with the first group of animals he said, “My brother Esau will come to you. He will ask you, ‘Whose servant are you? Where are you going? Whose animals are these?’
18. Then you will answer, ‘These animals belong to your servant Jacob. He sent them as a gift to you my master, Esau. And Jacob also is coming behind us.’”
19. Jacob ordered the second servant, the third servant and all the other servants to do the same thing. He said, “Say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20. Say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’” Jacob thought, “If I send this gift ahead of me, maybe Esau will forgive me. Then when I see him, perhaps he will accept me.”
21. So Jacob sent the gift to Esau. But Jacob stayed that night in the camp.
22. During the night Jacob rose and crossed the Jabbok River at the crossing. He took his 2 wives, his 2 slave girls and his 11 sons with him.
23. He sent his family and everything he had across the river.
24. But Jacob stayed behind alone. And a man came and wrestled with him until the sun came up.
25. The man saw that he could not defeat Jacob. So he struck Jacob’s hip and put it out of joint.
26. Then the man said to Jacob, “Let me go. The sun is coming up.”But Jacob said, “I will let you go if you will bless me.”
27. The man said to him, “What is your name?”And he answered, “Jacob.”
28. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with men. And you have won.”
29. Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”But the man said, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.