## Genesis Chapter 32

###### Genesis 32:1
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וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם לָבָ֜ן בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיְנַשֵּׁ֧ק לְבָנָ֛יו וְלִבְנוֹתָ֖יו וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֶתְהֶ֑ם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ וַיָּ֥שׇׁב לָבָ֖ן לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Lavan rose early in the morning. He kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Lavan departed and returned to his place.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And early in the morning Lavan rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Lavan departed, and returned to his place.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Lavan arose early in the morning and he kissed his sons and his daughters and he blessed them and he went, and Lavan returned to his place.


###### Genesis 32:2
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וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב הָלַ֣ךְ לְדַרְכּ֑וֹ וַיִּפְגְּעוּ־ב֖וֹ מַלְאֲכֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov went on his way, and the angels of Elohim met him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov went on his way, and angels of God met him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob went on his way, and angels of G d [from Eretz Yisrael] met him [to accompany him to Eretz Yisrael].


###### Genesis 32:3
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאָ֔ם מַחֲנֵ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים זֶ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֛א שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא מַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When Yaakov saw them, he said, This is Elohim’s camp. He named the place Machanayim.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when Ya῾aqov saw them, he said, This is God’s camp: and he called the name of that place Maĥanayim.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob said when he saw them: "This is a camp of G d," and he called the place Machanayim [lit., "two camps," those (angels) from outside Eretz Yisrael, who accompanied him until there, and those from Eretz Israel, who came to meet him].


###### Genesis 32:4
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו אֶל־עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑יו אַ֥רְצָה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov sent messengers before him to Eisov, his brother, to the Land of Seir, to the field of Edom.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov sent messengers before him to ῾Esav his brother to the land of Se῾ir, the country of Edom.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob sent angels before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.


###### Genesis 32:5
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וַיְצַ֤ו אֹתָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֣ה תֹאמְר֔וּן לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב עִם־לָבָ֣ן גַּ֔רְתִּי וָאֵחַ֖ר עַד־עָֽתָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He commanded them saying, This is what you should say to my master, Eisov. Your servant, Yaakov says, I lived as a stranger with Lavan, and was delayed until now.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord ῾Esav; Thy servant Ya῾aqov says thus, I have sojourned with Lavan, and stayed there until now:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he charged them, saying: Thus shall you say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said your servant Jacob: With Lavan did I sojourn [(You need not hate me for the blessing of mastery over my brothers (27:29), it not having been fulfilled in me; I was merely a sojourner)], and I delayed until now.


###### Genesis 32:6
[Genesis 32:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:6)

וַֽיְהִי־לִי֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַחֲמ֔וֹר צֹ֖אן וְעֶ֣בֶד וְשִׁפְחָ֑ה וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙ לְהַגִּ֣יד לַֽאדֹנִ֔י לִמְצֹא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I acquired oxen, donkeys, sheep, servants and maidservants. I have sent [these messengers] to tell my master, to find favor in your eyes.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I had [only] ox and ass, flock and manservant and maidservant, [but not "of the dew of the heavens and the fats of the earth" promised me by our father (27:28)], and I have sent to tell my lord to find favor in your eyes [as a seeker of your love].


###### Genesis 32:7
[Genesis 32:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:7)

וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּ֤אנוּ אֶל־אָחִ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־עֵשָׂ֔ו וְגַם֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔ וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ עִמּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The messengers returned to Yaakov saying, We came to your brother, to Eisov, and he is also coming to meet you; and there are four hundred men with him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the messengers returned to Ya῾aqov, saying, We came to thy brother ῾Esav, and also he is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the angels returned to Jacob, saying: We came to [the one you called] your brother, [but found that we had come] to Esau [the wicked one], and he is also coming out against you, and four hundred men with him.


###### Genesis 32:8
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וַיִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַיֵּ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ וְאֶת־הַצֹּ֧אן וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֛ר וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖ים לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov was very frightened, and distressed. He divided the people that were with him, along with the sheep, cattle and camels, into two camps.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Ya῾aqov was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two camps;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob feared greatly [that he might be killed], and he was distressed [that he might kill others], and he divided the people that were with him and the flocks and the cattle and the camels into two camps.


###### Genesis 32:9
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וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אִם־יָב֥וֹא עֵשָׂ֛ו אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הָאַחַ֖ת וְהִכָּ֑הוּ וְהָיָ֛ה הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַנִּשְׁאָ֖ר לִפְלֵיטָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He said, If Eisov comes to one camp and attacks it, the remaining camp will survive.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and said, If ῾Esav come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: If Esau comes to the one camp and smites it [in battle], then the remaining camp will escape, [(Jacob taking three defensive measures: gift (21), prayer (9), preparation for war (above)].


###### Genesis 32:10
[Genesis 32:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:10)

וַיֹּ֘אמֶר֮ יַעֲקֹב֒ אֱלֹהֵי֙ אָבִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם וֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֣י יִצְחָ֑ק יְהֹוָ֞ה הָאֹמֵ֣ר אֵלַ֗י שׁ֧וּב לְאַרְצְךָ֛ וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה עִמָּֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov said, God of my father Avraham, and God of my father Yitzchok, Adonoy Who said to me, Return to your land, to your birthplace, and I will do good with you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov said, O God of my father Avraham, and God of my father Yiżĥaq, the Lord Who did say to me, Return to thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob said: The G d of my father Abraham and the G d of my father Isaac, [who under this appellation (28:13), promised to abet me (Ibid. 15)], the L rd, who said to me [under that appellation (32:3)]: Return to your land and to your birthplace and I shall do good with you —


###### Genesis 32:11
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קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִכֹּ֤ל הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכׇּל־הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֣י בְמַקְלִ֗י עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה וְעַתָּ֥ה הָיִ֖יתִי לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I am unworthy because of all the kindness and of all the faithfulness that you have done with Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan [only] with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am unworthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Yarden; and now I am become two camps.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have become small [i.e., my merits have diminished] because of all of the lovingkindnesses and all of the truth [the fulfillment of all Your assurances] that You have done with Your servant. For with my staff did I cross this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.


###### Genesis 32:12
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הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ אֹת֔וֹ פֶּן־יָב֣וֹא וְהִכַּ֔נִי אֵ֖ם עַל־בָּנִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eisov, for I fear him, that he will come and attack me—mother and children alike.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of ῾Esav: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Deliver me, I pray You, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau [i.e., from him who deports himself to me not as my brother, but as the wicked Esau.] For I fear him, lest he come and smite me, mother with children.


###### Genesis 32:13
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וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֔רְתָּ הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב עִמָּ֑ךְ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵרֹֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You have said, I will do very good with you, and I will make your offspring like the sands of the sea, which are too numerous to count.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Thou didst say, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You said: (I shall do) good [in your merit], I shall do good [in your fathers' merits] with you, and I shall make your seed as the sand of the sea which cannot be counted for multitude [see 28:15 and 22:17].


###### Genesis 32:14
[Genesis 32:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:14)

וַיָּ֥לֶן שָׁ֖ם בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַיִּקַּ֞ח מִן־הַבָּ֧א בְיָד֛וֹ מִנְחָ֖ה לְעֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He spent that night there. He took from that which comes into his hand, [for] a present to his brother, Eisov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for ῾Esav his brother;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he slept there that night, and he took from what he possessed a present for Esau his brother.


###### Genesis 32:15
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עִזִּ֣ים מָאתַ֔יִם וּתְיָשִׁ֖ים עֶשְׂרִ֑ים רְחֵלִ֥ים מָאתַ֖יִם וְאֵילִ֥ים עֶשְׂרִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, [the requisite number of mates], two hundred ewes and twenty rams.


###### Genesis 32:16
[Genesis 32:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:16)

גְּמַלִּ֧ים מֵינִיק֛וֹת וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים פָּר֤וֹת אַרְבָּעִים֙ וּפָרִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה אֲתֹנֹ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַעְיָרִ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Thirty nursing camels and their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thirty milch camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten he-asses.


###### Genesis 32:17
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וַיִּתֵּן֙ בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֔יו עֵ֥דֶר עֵ֖דֶר לְבַדּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו֙ עִבְר֣וּ לְפָנַ֔י וְרֶ֣וַח תָּשִׂ֔ימוּ בֵּ֥ין עֵ֖דֶר וּבֵ֥ין עֵֽדֶר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
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.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he gave them into the hands of his servants, each herd [of each kind] by itself. And he said to his servants: Pass by before me [about a day's journey or less], and make a space [as far as the eye can see] between herd and herd [to impress Esau with the bounty].


###### Genesis 32:18
[Genesis 32:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:18)

וַיְצַ֥ו אֶת־הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן לֵאמֹ֑ר כִּ֣י יִֽפְגׇשְׁךָ֞ עֵשָׂ֣ו אָחִ֗י וּשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְמִי־אַ֙תָּה֙ וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֔ךְ וּלְמִ֖י אֵ֥לֶּה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
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?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When ῾Esav my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither dost thou go? and whose are these before thee?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he charged the first, saying: If Esau my brother meets you and asks you: To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and for whom are these before you?


###### Genesis 32:19
[Genesis 32:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:19)

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְעַבְדְּךָ֣ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב מִנְחָ֥ה הִוא֙ שְׁלוּחָ֔ה לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו וְהִנֵּ֥ה גַם־ה֖וּא אַחֲרֵֽינוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You should [then] say, [They belong] to your servant, Yaakov. It is a present sent to my master, Eisov, and see, he is also behind us.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then thou shalt say, They are thy servant Ya῾aqov’s, it is a present sent to my lord ῾Esav: and, behold, also he is behind us.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then you shall say, [answering first things first, and last, last]: [We belong] to our servant Jacob, [and these before us are] a present sent to my lord, Esau, and, behold, he [Jacob], too, is behind us.


###### Genesis 32:20
[Genesis 32:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:20)

וַיְצַ֞ו גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַשֵּׁנִ֗י גַּ֚ם אֶת־הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י גַּ֚ם אֶת־כׇּל־הַהֹ֣לְכִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֥י הָעֲדָרִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ תְּדַבְּר֣וּן אֶל־עֵשָׂ֔ו בְּמֹצַאֲכֶ֖ם אֹתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
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.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, In this manner shall you speak to ῾Esav, when you find him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he charged the second, also the third, also all who went behind the flocks, saying: Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him.


###### Genesis 32:21
[Genesis 32:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:21)

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם גַּ֗ם הִנֵּ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־אָמַ֞ר אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה פָנָ֗יו בַּמִּנְחָה֙ הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת לְפָנָ֔י וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן֙ אֶרְאֶ֣ה פָנָ֔יו אוּלַ֖י יִשָּׂ֥א פָנָֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You should also say, See, your servant Yaakov is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face, perhaps he will forgive me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And say moreover, Behold, thy servant Ya῾aqov is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall say also: Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said: I will remove his anger with the gift that goes before me, and then I will see his face. Perhaps he will be accepting of me.


###### Genesis 32:22
[Genesis 32:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:22)

וַתַּעֲבֹ֥ר הַמִּנְחָ֖ה עַל־פָּנָ֑יו וְה֛וּא לָ֥ן בַּלַּֽיְלָה־הַה֖וּא בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The present passed on ahead of him, but he spent the night in the camp.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the present went over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the present passed before him, and he slept that night in the camp.


###### Genesis 32:23
[Genesis 32:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:23)

וַיָּ֣קׇם**׀** בַּלַּ֣יְלָה ה֗וּא וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֤י נָשָׁיו֙ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יו וְאֶת־אַחַ֥ד עָשָׂ֖ר יְלָדָ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר אֵ֖ת מַעֲבַ֥ר יַבֹּֽק׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He got up that night and took his two wives, his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of the Yabbok [River].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Yabboq.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he arose that night and took his wives and his two handmaids, and his eleven children [(having secreted Dinah in a chest so that Esau not take her)], and he crossed the ford of Yabbok.


###### Genesis 32:24
[Genesis 32:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:24)

וַיִּ֨קָּחֵ֔ם וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם אֶת־הַנָּ֑חַל וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [then] took them and crossed them over the stream. He [also] brought over all that he possessed.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he took them, and sent them over the wadi, and sent over that which he had.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he took them and passed them over the stream, and he passed over what was his, [the beasts and the chattel].


###### Genesis 32:25
[Genesis 32:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:25)

וַיִּוָּתֵ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב לְבַדּ֑וֹ וַיֵּאָבֵ֥ק אִישׁ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ עַ֖ד עֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob remained alone, [having returned for some small jars], and a man [Esau's guardian angel] wrestled with him until the rising of the morning star.


###### Genesis 32:26
[Genesis 32:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:26)

וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף־יְרֵכ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֙קַע֙ כַּף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּהֵאָֽבְק֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [the man] saw that he could not defeat him, and he struck the socket of his hip. Yaakov’s hip joint was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Ya῾aqov’s thigh was put out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he saw that he could not prevail over him, and he touched the hollow [the upper bone] of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh tore loose as he wrestled with him.


###### Genesis 32:27
[Genesis 32:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:27)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י עָלָ֖ה הַשָּׁ֑חַר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
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.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go, unless thou bless me.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: Release me, for the morning star has risen, [and I must intone song (to G d) in the daytime.] And he said: I will not release you until you bless me [i.e., until you acquiesce in my father's blessings to me and cease contesting them.]


###### Genesis 32:28
[Genesis 32:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:28)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו מַה־שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [the man] said to him, What is your name? And he replied, Yaakov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Ya῾aqov.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said to him: What is your name? And he said: Jacob.


###### Genesis 32:29
[Genesis 32:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:29)

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ שִׁמְךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־שָׂרִ֧יתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִ֛ים וְעִם־אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַתּוּכָֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
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] and with men, and you have won.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Ya῾aqov, but Yisra᾽el: for thou hast contended with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: Your name shall no longer be called Jacob [connoting gaining of the blessings by deception (akvah)], but Yisrael; for you have contended (saritha) with elohim (the angel of Esau) and with men [Esau and Lavan] and you have prevailed.


###### Genesis 32:30
[Genesis 32:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:30)

וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֹת֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov asked him, and said, Please tell me your name. He said, Why then do you ask my name? He then blessed him [Yaakov] there.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Why is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob asked: "Tell me, I pray you, your name." And he said: "Why do you ask my name?" [(the names of the angels changing according to their deputation)], and he (the angel) blessed him there.


###### Genesis 32:31
[Genesis 32:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:31)

וַיִּקְרָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב שֵׁ֥ם הַמָּק֖וֹם פְּנִיאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־רָאִ֤יתִי אֱלֹהִים֙ פָּנִ֣ים אֶל־פָּנִ֔ים וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל נַפְשִֽׁי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov named the place Peniel [God’s Face], For I have seen God[ly beings] face to face, and my soul has survived.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov called the name of the place Peni᾽el: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel. For I saw elohim face to face (panim el panim), and my soul was spared.


###### Genesis 32:32
[Genesis 32:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:32)

וַיִּֽזְרַֽח־ל֣וֹ הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖ר אֶת־פְּנוּאֵ֑ל וְה֥וּא צֹלֵ֖עַ עַל־יְרֵכֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The sun shone for him as he passed by Penuel, and he limped due to his hip.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And as he passed over Penu᾽el the sun rose upon him, and he limped upon his thigh.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the dawn broke for him when he crossed Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh.


###### Genesis 32:33
[Genesis 32:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/32:33)

עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Therefore, the children of Israel must not eat the displaced tendon [nerve] which is on the hip joint to this very day; because he struck Yaakov’s hip joint on the displaced tendon.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore the children of Yisra᾽el eat not of the sinew of the vein, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the hollow of Ya῾aqov’s thigh in the sinew of the vein.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, the children of Israel do not eat the "slipping tendon" on the hollow of the thigh until this day. For he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the slipping tendon.