## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 32

###### Onkelos Genesis 32:1
[Onkelos Genesis 32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:1)

וְאַקְדֵם לָבָן בְּצַפְרָא וּנְשַׁק לִבְנוֹהִי וְלִבְנָתֵיהּ וּבָרִיךְ יָתְהֵן וַאֲזַל וְתַב לָבָן לְאַתְרֵיהּ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:2
[Onkelos Genesis 32:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:2)

וְיַעֲקֹב אָזַל לְאָרְחֵיהּ וַעֲרָעוּ בֵיהּ מַלְאָכַיָּא דַיְיָ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:3
[Onkelos Genesis 32:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:3)

וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב כַּד חֲזָנוּן **מַשְׁרִיתָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ דֵּין** וּקְרָא שְׁמָא דְאַתְרָא הַהוּא מַחֲנָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Yaakov saw them, he said, This is Elohim’s camp. [**This is a camp from before Elohim.**] He named the place Machanayim.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:4
[Onkelos Genesis 32:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:4)

וּשְׁלַח יַעֲקֹב אִזְגַּדִּין קֳדָמוֹהִי לְוַת עֵשָׂו אֲחוּהִי לְאַרְעָא דְשֵׂעִיר לַחֲקַל אֱדוֹם:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:5
[Onkelos Genesis 32:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:5)

וּפַקִּיד יָתְהוֹן לְמֵימַר כְּדֵין תֵּימְרוּן לְרִבּוֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו כִּדְנַן אֲמַר עַבְדָּךְ יַעֲקֹב עִם לָבָן דָּרִית וְאוֹחָרִית עַד כְּעָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:6
[Onkelos Genesis 32:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:6)

וַהֲוָה לִי תּוֹרִין וַחֲמָרִין עָאן וְעַבְדִּין וְאַמְהָן וּשְׁלָחִית לְחַוָּאָה לְרִבּוֹנִי לְאַשְׁכָּחָא רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:7
[Onkelos Genesis 32:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:7)

וְתָבוּ אִזְגַּדַּיָּא לְוַת יַעֲקֹב לְמֵימָר אֲתֵינָא לְוַת אָחוּךְ לְוַת עֵשָׂו וְאַף אָתֵי לְקַדָּמוּתָךְ וְאַרְבַּע מְאָה גַבְרָא עִמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:8
[Onkelos Genesis 32:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:8)

וּדְחִיל יַעֲקֹב לַחֲדָא וַעֲקַת לֵיהּ וּפַלֵּיג יָת עַמָּא דִי עִמֵּיהּ וְיָת עָנָא וְיָת תּוֹרֵי וְגַמְלַיָּא לִתְרֵין מַשִּׁירְיָן:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:9
[Onkelos Genesis 32:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:9)

וַאֲמַר אִם יֵיתֵי עֵשָׂו לְמַשְׁרִיתָא חֲדָא וְיִמְחִנֵּיהּ וִיהֵי (נ"א וְיִמְחֵנַהּ וּתְהִי) מַשְׁרִיתָא דְתִשְׁתָּאַר לְשֵׁיזָבָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:10
[Onkelos Genesis 32:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:10)

וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב אֱלָהֵהּ דְּאַבָּא אַבְרָהָם וֵאלָהֵהּ דְּאַבָּא יִצְחָק יְיָ דִּי אֲמַר לִי תּוּב לְאַרְעָךְ וּלְיַלָּדוּתָךְ וְאוֹטֵיב עִמָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:11
[Onkelos Genesis 32:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:11)

**זְעִירָן זָכוּתַי** מִכֹּל חִסְדִּין וּמִכָּל **טַבְוָן** דִּי עֲבַדְתָּ עִם עַבְדָּךְ אֲרֵי יְחִידִי עֲבָרִית יָת יַרְדְּנָא הָדֵין וּכְעַן הַוֵיתִי לִתְרֵין (נ"א לְתַרְתֵּין) מַשִּׁרְיָן:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:12
[Onkelos Genesis 32:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:12)

שֵׁזַבְנִי **כְעַן** מִידָא דְאָחִי מִידָא דְעֵשָׂו אֲרֵי דַחֵל אֲנָא מִנֵּיהּ דִּילְמָא יֵיתֵי וְיִמְחִנַּנִי אִמָּא עַל בְּנַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Rescue me, I pray [**now**], 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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:13
[Onkelos Genesis 32:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:13)

וְאַתְּ אֲמַרְתָּ אוֹטָבָא אוֹטֵיב עִמָּךְ וֶאֱשַׁוִּי יָת בְּנָךְ **סַגִּיאִין** כְּחַלָּא דְיַמָּא דִּי לָא יִתִּמְנוּן מִסַּגִּי:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:14
[Onkelos Genesis 32:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:14)

וּבָת תַּמָּן בְּלֵילְיָא הַהוּא וּנְסִיב מִן דְּאַיְתִי בִידֵיהּ תִּקְרֻבְתָּא לְעֵשָׂו אֲחוּהִי:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:15
[Onkelos Genesis 32:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:15)

עִזֵּי מָאתָן וּתְיָשַׁיָּא עֶסְרִין רְחֵלִין מָאתָן וְדִכְרִין עֶסְרִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:16
[Onkelos Genesis 32:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:16)

גַּמְלֵי מֶנְקָתָא וּבְנֵיהוֹן תְּלָתִין תּוֹרְתָא אַרְבְּעִין וְתוֹרֵי עַסְרָא אַתְנָן עֶסְרִין וְעִירֵי עַסְרָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:17
[Onkelos Genesis 32:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:17)

וִיהַב בְּיַד עַבְדּוֹהִי עֶדְרָא עֶדְרָא בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי וַאֲמַר לְעַבְדּוֹהִי עִבָּרוּ קֳדָמַי וּרְוָחָא תְּשַׁוּוּן בֵּין עֶדְרָא וּבֵין עֶדְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:18
[Onkelos Genesis 32:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:18)

וּפַקֵּיד יָת קַדְמָאָה לְמֵימָר אֲרֵי יְעַרְעִנָּךְ עֵשָׂו אָחִי וּשְׁאֵלִנָּךְ לְמֵימָר לְמָן אַתְּ וּלְאָן אַתְּ אָזֵל וּלְמָן אִלֵּין דִּקֳדָמָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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?


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:19
[Onkelos Genesis 32:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:19)

וְתֵימַר לְעַבְדָּךְ לְיַעֲקֹב תִּקְרֻבְתָּא הִיא דִּמְשַׁלְּחָא לְרִבּוֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו וְהָא אַף הוּא **אָתֵי** בַתְרָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


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

וּפַקִּיד אַף יָת תִּנְיָנָא אַף יָת תְּלִיתָאָה אַף יָת כָּל דְּאָזְלִין בָּתַר עֲדָרַיָּא לְמֵימָר כְּפִתְגָּמָא הָדֵין תְּמַלְּלוּן עִם עֵשָׂו כַּד תַּשְׁכְּחוּן יָתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:21
[Onkelos Genesis 32:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:21)

וְתֵימְרוּן אַף הָא עַבְדָּךְ יַעֲקֹב **אָתֵי** בַתְרָנָא אֲרֵי אֲמַר **אַנְחִנֵּיהּ לְרוּגְזֵיהּ** בְּתִקְרֻבְתָּא דְּאָזְלַת לָקֳדָמַי וּבָתַר כֵּן אֶחֱזֵי אַפּוֹהִי מָאִים יִסַּב אַפָּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:22
[Onkelos Genesis 32:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:22)

וַעֲבָרַת תִּקְרֻבְתָּא עַל אַפּוֹהִי וְהוּא בָת בְּלֵילְיָא הַהוּא בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:23
[Onkelos Genesis 32:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:23)

וְקָם בְּלֵילְיָא הוּא וּדְבַר יָת תַּרְתֵּין נְשׁוֹהִי וְיָת תַּרְתֵּין **לְחֵינָתֵיהּ** וְיָת חַד עֲסַר בְּנוֹהִי וַעֲבַר יָת מַעֲבַר יוּבְקָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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].


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:24
[Onkelos Genesis 32:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:24)

וּדְבָרִנּוּן וְעַבָּרִנּוּן יָת נַחְלָא וְאַעְבַּר יָת דִּילֵיהּ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:25
[Onkelos Genesis 32:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:25)

וְאִשְׁתָּאַר יַעֲקֹב בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי וְאִשְׁתַּדֵּל גַּבְרָא עִמֵּיהּ עַד דִּסְלֵק צַפְרָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:26
[Onkelos Genesis 32:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:26)

וַחֲזָא אֲרֵי לָא יָכִיל לֵיהּ וּקְרֵיב בִּ**פְתֵי** יַרְכֵּיהּ וְזָע **פְּתֵי** יַרְכָּא דְיַעֲקֹב בְּאִשְׁתַּדָּלוּתֵיהּ עִמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:27
[Onkelos Genesis 32:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:27)

וַאֲמַר שַׁלְּחַנִי אֲרֵי סְלִיק צַפְרָא וַאֲמַר לָא אֲשַׁלְּחִנָּךְ אֶלָּהֵין בֵּרַכְתָּנִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:28
[Onkelos Genesis 32:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:28)

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ מָה שְׁמָךְ וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:29
[Onkelos Genesis 32:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:29)

וַאֲמַר לָא יַעֲקֹב יִתְאֲמַר עוֹד שְׁמָךְ אֶלָּהֵין יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲרֵי **רַבְרְבַת קֳדָם יְיָ** וְעִם גוּבְרַיָּא וִיכָלְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:30
[Onkelos Genesis 32:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:30)

וּשְׁאֵל יַעֲקֹב וַאֲמַר חַוִּי **כְעַן** שְׁמָךְ וַאֲמַר לְמָה דְנַן אַתְּ שָׁאֵל לִשְׁמִי וּבָרִיךְ יָתֵיהּ תַּמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:31
[Onkelos Genesis 32:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:31)

וּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב שְׁמָא דְאַתְרָא פְּנִיאֵל אֲרֵי חֲזֵיתִי **מַלְאָכַיָּא דַיְיָ** אַפִּין בְּאַפִּין וְאִשְׁתְּזָבַת נַפְשִׁי:

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


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

וּדְנַח לֵיהּ שִׁמְשָׁא כְּמָא דִי עֲבַר יָת פְּנוּאֵל וְהוּא מַטְלַע עַל יַרְכֵּיהּ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 32:33
[Onkelos Genesis 32:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/32:33)

עַל כֵּן לָא יֵכְלוּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת גִּידָא דְנַשְׁיָא דִּי עַל **פְּתֵי** יַרְכָּא עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין אֲרֵי קְרֵיב בִּ**פְתֵי** יַרְכָּא דְיַעֲקֹב בְּגִידָא דְּנַשְׁיָא:

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