18. "Then say to Esau, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift to you from him. And he is coming behind us.' "
19. He also spoke to the second and third servants. He told them and all of the others who followed the herds what to do. He said, "Say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20. Make sure you say, 'Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.' " Jacob was thinking, "I'll make peace with him with these gifts I'm sending on ahead. When I see him later, maybe he'll welcome me."
21. So Jacob's gifts went on ahead of him. But he himself spent the night in the camp.
22. That night Jacob got up. He took his two wives, his two female servants and his 11 sons and sent them across the Jabbok River.
23. After they had crossed the stream, he sent over everything he owned.
24. So Jacob was left alone. A man struggled with him until morning.
25. The man saw that he couldn't win. So he touched the inside of Jacob's hip. As Jacob struggled with the man, Jacob's hip was twisted.
26. Then the man said, "Let me go. It is morning." But Jacob replied, "I won't let you go unless you bless me."
27. The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.
28. Then the man said, "Your name will not be Jacob anymore. Instead, it will be Israel. You have struggled with God and with men. And you have won."
29. Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you want to know my name?" Then he blessed Jacob there.
30. So Jacob named the place Peniel. He said, "I saw God face to face. But I'm still alive!"