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32:28 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.” Israel
means “God fights.” 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant spelling of Peniel.
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BEGINNING
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CAPTIVITY
1 Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with
his 400 men. So he divided the children among
Leah, Rachel, and his two servant wives. 2 He put
the servant wives and their children at the front,
Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. 3 Then Jacob went on ahead. As he approached his brother, he bowed to the ground
seven times before him. 4 Then Esau ran to meet
him and embraced him, threw his arms around
his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
5 Then Esau looked at the women and children
and asked, “Who are these people with you?”
“These are the children God has graciously
given to me, your servant,” Jacob replied. 6 Then
the servant wives came forward with their children and bowed before him. 7 Next came Leah
with her children, and they bowed before him.
Finally, Joseph and Rachel came forward and
bowed before him.
8 “And what were all the flocks and herds I met
as I came?” Esau asked.
Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”
9 “My brother, I have plenty,” Esau answered.
“Keep what you have for yourself.”
10 But Jacob insisted, “No, if I have found favor
with you, please accept this gift from me. And
what a relief to see your friendly smile. It is like
seeing the face of God! 11Please take this gift I have
MISSIONS
During the night Jacob got up and took his
two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven
sons and crossed the Jabbok River with them.
23 After taking them to the other side, he sent
over all his possessions.
24 This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and
a man came and wrestled with him until the
dawn began to break. 25 When the man saw that
he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s
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Jacob and Esau Make Peace • GENESIS 33:1-20
CHURCH
Jacob Wrestles with God • GENESIS 32:22-32
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hip and wrenched it out of its socket. 26 Then the
man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!”
But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you
bless me.”
27 “What is your name?” the man asked.
He replied, “Jacob.”
28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the
man told him. “From now on you will be called
Israel,* because you have fought with God and
with men and have won.”
29 “Please tell me your name,” Jacob said.
“Why do you want to know my name?” the
man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
30 Jacob named the place Peniel (which means
“face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face
to face, yet my life has been spared.” 31 The sun
was rising as Jacob left Peniel,* and he was limping because of the injury to his hip. 32 (Even today
the people of Israel don’t eat the tendon near the
hip socket because of what happened that night
when the man strained the tendon of Jacob’s hip.)
GOSPEL
you told me, ‘Return to your own land and to
your relatives.’ And you promised me, ‘I will
treat you kindly.’ 10 I am not worthy of all the
unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown
to me, your servant. When I left home and
crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills
two large camps! 11 O Lord, please rescue me
from the hand of my brother, Esau. I am afraid
that he is coming to attack me, along with my
wives and children. 12 But you promised me,
‘I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply
your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore—too many
to count.’”
13 Jacob stayed where he was for the night.
Then he selected these gifts from his possessions to present to his brother, Esau: 14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
15 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows,
10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys. 16 He divided these animals into herds
and assigned each to different servants. Then
he told his servants, “Go ahead of me with
the animals, but keep some distance between
the herds.”
17 He gave these instructions to the men leading the first group: “When my brother, Esau,
meets you, he will ask, ‘Whose servants are
you? Where are you going? Who owns these
animals?’ 18 You must reply, ‘They belong to your
servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.’”
19 Jacob gave the same instructions to the second and third herdsmen and to all who followed
behind the herds: “You must say the same thing
to Esau when you meet him. 20And be sure to say,
‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’”
Jacob thought, “I will try to appease him by
sending gifts ahead of me. When I see him in
person, perhaps he will be friendly to me.” 21 So
the gifts were sent on ahead, while Jacob himself spent that night in the camp.
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