¹Jacob quoque abiit itinere quo cœperat:Likewise, Jacob continued on the journey that he had begun.fueruntque ei obviam angeli Dei.And the Angels of God met him.

¹Jacob quoque abiit itinere quo cœperat:Likewise, Jacob continued on the journey that he had begun.fueruntque ei obviam angeli Dei.And the Angels of God met him.

²Quos cum vidisset,When he had seen them,ait:he said,Castra Dei sunt hæc:“These are the Encampments of God.”et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim,And he called the name of that place Mahanaim,id est,that is,Castra.‘Encampments.’

²Quos cum vidisset,When he had seen them,ait:he said,Castra Dei sunt hæc:“These are the Encampments of God.”et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim,And he called the name of that place Mahanaim,id est,that is,Castra.‘Encampments.’

³Misit autemThen he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau,et nuntios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir,in the land of Seir,in regionem Edom:in the region of Edom.

³Misit autemThen he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau,et nuntios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir,in the land of Seir,in regionem Edom:in the region of Edom.

⁴præcepitque eis,And he instructed them,dicens:saying:Sic loquimini domino meo Esau:“You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau:Hæc dicit frater tuus Jacob:‘Your brother Jacob says these things:Apud Laban peregrinatus sum,“I have sojourned with Laban,et fui usque in præsentem diem.and I have been with him until the present day.

⁴præcepitque eis,And he instructed them,dicens:saying:Sic loquimini domino meo Esau:“You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau:Hæc dicit frater tuus Jacob:‘Your brother Jacob says these things:Apud Laban peregrinatus sum,“I have sojourned with Laban,et fui usque in præsentem diem.and I have been with him until the present day.

⁵Habeo boves,I have oxen,et asinos,and donkeys,et oves,and sheep,et servos,and men servants,et ancillas:and women servants.mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum,And now I send an ambassador to my lord,ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo.so that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

⁵Habeo boves,I have oxen,et asinos,and donkeys,et oves,and sheep,et servos,and men servants,et ancillas:and women servants.mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum,And now I send an ambassador to my lord,ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo.so that I may find favor in your sight.”’”

⁶Reversique sunt nuntii ad Jacob,And the messengers returned to Jacob,dicentes:saying,Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum,“We went to your brother Esau,et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.”

⁶Reversique sunt nuntii ad Jacob,And the messengers returned to Jacob,dicentes:saying,Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum,“We went to your brother Esau,et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.”

⁷Timuit Jacob valde:Jacob was very afraid.et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat,And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him,greges quoque et oves,likewise the flocks, and the sheep,et boves,and the oxen,et camelos,and the camels,in duas turmas,into two companies,

⁷Timuit Jacob valde:Jacob was very afraid.et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat,And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him,greges quoque et oves,likewise the flocks, and the sheep,et boves,and the oxen,et camelos,and the camels,in duas turmas,into two companies,

⁸dicens:saying:Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam,“If Esau goes to one company,et percusserit eam,and strikes it,alia turma,the other company,quæ relicta est,which is left behind,salvabitur.will be saved.”

⁸dicens:saying:Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam,“If Esau goes to one company,et percusserit eam,and strikes it,alia turma,the other company,quæ relicta est,which is left behind,salvabitur.will be saved.”

⁹Dixitque Jacob:And Jacob said:Deus patris mei Abraham,“God of my father Abraham,et Deus patris mei Isaac:and God of my father Isaac,Domine qui dixisti mihi:O Lord who said to me:Revertere in terram tuam,‘Return to your land,et in locum nativitatis tuæ,and to the place of your nativity,et benefaciam tibi:and I will do well for you.’

⁹Dixitque Jacob:And Jacob said:Deus patris mei Abraham,“God of my father Abraham,et Deus patris mei Isaac:and God of my father Isaac,Domine qui dixisti mihi:O Lord who said to me:Revertere in terram tuam,‘Return to your land,et in locum nativitatis tuæ,and to the place of your nativity,et benefaciam tibi:and I will do well for you.’

¹⁰minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis,I am less than any of your compassions and your truth,et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo.which you have fulfilled to your servant.In baculo meo transivi Jordanem istum:With my staff I crossed over this Jordan.et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior.And now I go back with two companies.

¹⁰minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis,I am less than any of your compassions and your truth,et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo.which you have fulfilled to your servant.In baculo meo transivi Jordanem istum:With my staff I crossed over this Jordan.et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior.And now I go back with two companies.

¹¹Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau,Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau,quia valde eum timeo:for I am very afraid of him,ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.

¹¹Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau,Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau,quia valde eum timeo:for I am very afraid of him,ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.

¹²Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi,You did say that you would do well by me,et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris,and that you would expand my offspring like the sand of the sea,quæ præ multitudine numerari non potest.which, because of its multitude, cannot be numbered.”

¹²Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi,You did say that you would do well by me,et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris,and that you would expand my offspring like the sand of the sea,quæ præ multitudine numerari non potest.which, because of its multitude, cannot be numbered.”

¹³Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa,And when he had slept there that night,separavit de his quæ habebat,he separated, from the things that he had,munera Esau fratri suo,gifts for his brother Esau:

¹³Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa,And when he had slept there that night,separavit de his quæ habebat,he separated, from the things that he had,munera Esau fratri suo,gifts for his brother Esau:

¹⁴capras ducentas,two hundred she-goats,hircos viginti,twenty he-goats,oves ducentas,two hundred ewes,et arietes viginti,and twenty rams,

¹⁴capras ducentas,two hundred she-goats,hircos viginti,twenty he-goats,oves ducentas,two hundred ewes,et arietes viginti,and twenty rams,

¹⁵camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta,thirty milking camels with their young,vaccas quadraginta,forty cows,et tauros viginti,and twenty bulls,asinas vigintitwenty she-donkeys,et pullos earum decem.and ten of their young.

¹⁵camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta,thirty milking camels with their young,vaccas quadraginta,forty cows,et tauros viginti,and twenty bulls,asinas vigintitwenty she-donkeys,et pullos earum decem.and ten of their young.

¹⁶Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges,And he sent them by the hands of his servants,dixitque pueris suis:each flock separately,Antecedite me,and he said to his servants:et sit spatium inter gregem“Pass before me,et gregem.and let there be a space between flock and flock.”

¹⁶Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges,And he sent them by the hands of his servants,dixitque pueris suis:each flock separately,Antecedite me,and he said to his servants:et sit spatium inter gregem“Pass before me,et gregem.and let there be a space between flock and flock.”

¹⁷Et præcepit priori,And he instructed the first,dicens:saying:Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau,“If you happen to meet my brother Esau,et interrogaverit te:and he questions you:Cujus es?“Whose are you?”aut,or,Quo vadis?“Where are you going?”aut,or,Cujus sunt ista quæ sequeris?“Whose are these which follow you?”

¹⁷Et præcepit priori,And he instructed the first,dicens:saying:Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau,“If you happen to meet my brother Esau,et interrogaverit te:and he questions you:Cujus es?“Whose are you?”aut,or,Quo vadis?“Where are you going?”aut,or,Cujus sunt ista quæ sequeris?“Whose are these which follow you?”

¹⁸respondebis:you shall respond:Servi tui Jacob,“Your servant Jacob’s.munera misit domino meo Esau,He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau.ipse quoque post nos venit.And he is also coming after us.”

¹⁸respondebis:you shall respond:Servi tui Jacob,“Your servant Jacob’s.munera misit domino meo Esau,He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau.ipse quoque post nos venit.And he is also coming after us.”

¹⁹Similiter dedit mandata secundo,Similarly, he gave orders to the second,et tertio,and the third,et cunctis qui sequebantur greges,and to all who followed the flocks,dicens:saying:Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau cum inveneritis eum.“Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him.

¹⁹Similiter dedit mandata secundo,Similarly, he gave orders to the second,et tertio,and the third,et cunctis qui sequebantur greges,and to all who followed the flocks,dicens:saying:Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau cum inveneritis eum.“Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him.

²⁰Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Jacob iter nostrum insequitur.And you will add: ‘Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us,Dixit enim:for he said:Placabo illum muneribus quæ præcedunt,“I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead,et postea videbo illum:and after this, I will see him;forsitan propitiabitur mihi.perhaps he will be gracious to me.”’”

²⁰Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Jacob iter nostrum insequitur.And you will add: ‘Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us,Dixit enim:for he said:Placabo illum muneribus quæ præcedunt,“I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead,et postea videbo illum:and after this, I will see him;forsitan propitiabitur mihi.perhaps he will be gracious to me.”’”

²¹Præcesserunt itaque munera ante eum,And so the gifts went before him,ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

²¹Præcesserunt itaque munera ante eum,And so the gifts went before him,ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

²²Cumque mature surrexisset,And when he had arisen early,tulit duas uxores suas,he took his two wives,et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis,and the same number of handmaids, with his eleven sons,et transivit vadum Jaboc.and he crossed over the ford of Jabbok.

²²Cumque mature surrexisset,And when he had arisen early,tulit duas uxores suas,he took his two wives,et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis,and the same number of handmaids, with his eleven sons,et transivit vadum Jaboc.and he crossed over the ford of Jabbok.

²³Traductisque omnibus quæ ad se pertinebant,And having delivered over all the things that belonged to him,

²³Traductisque omnibus quæ ad se pertinebant,And having delivered over all the things that belonged to him,

²⁴mansit solus:he remained alone.et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.And behold, a man wrestled with him until morning.

²⁴mansit solus:he remained alone.et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.And behold, a man wrestled with him until morning.

²⁵Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset,And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him,tetigit nervum femoris ejus,he touched the nerve of his thigh,et statim emarcuit.and immediately it withered.

²⁵Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset,And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him,tetigit nervum femoris ejus,he touched the nerve of his thigh,et statim emarcuit.and immediately it withered.

²⁶Dixitque ad eum:And he said to him,Dimitte me:“Release me,jam enim ascendit aurora.for now the dawn ascends.”Respondit:He responded,Non dimittam te,“I will not release you,nisi benedixeris mihi.unless you bless me.”

²⁶Dixitque ad eum:And he said to him,Dimitte me:“Release me,jam enim ascendit aurora.for now the dawn ascends.”Respondit:He responded,Non dimittam te,“I will not release you,nisi benedixeris mihi.unless you bless me.”

²⁷Ait ergo:Therefore he said,Quod nomen est tibi?“What is your name?”Respondit:He answered,Jacob.“Jacob.”

²⁷Ait ergo:Therefore he said,Quod nomen est tibi?“What is your name?”Respondit:He answered,Jacob.“Jacob.”

²⁸At ille: Nequaquam,But he said,inquit, Jacob appellabitur nomen tuum,“Your name will not be called Jacob,sed Israël:but Israel;quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti,for if you have been strong against God,quanto magis contra homines prævalebis?how much more will you prevail against men?”

²⁸At ille: Nequaquam,But he said,inquit, Jacob appellabitur nomen tuum,“Your name will not be called Jacob,sed Israël:but Israel;quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti,for if you have been strong against God,quanto magis contra homines prævalebis?how much more will you prevail against men?”

²⁹Interrogavit eum Jacob:Jacob questioned him,Dic mihi,“Tell me,quo appellaris nomine?by what name are you called?”Respondit:He responded,Cur quæris nomen meum?“Why do you ask my name?”Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.And he blessed him in the same place.

²⁹Interrogavit eum Jacob:Jacob questioned him,Dic mihi,“Tell me,quo appellaris nomine?by what name are you called?”Respondit:He responded,Cur quæris nomen meum?“Why do you ask my name?”Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.And he blessed him in the same place.

³⁰Vocavitque Jacob nomen loci illius Phanuel,And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,dicens:saying,Vidi Deum facie ad faciem,“I have seen God face to face,et salva facta est anima mea.and my soul has been saved.”

³⁰Vocavitque Jacob nomen loci illius Phanuel,And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,dicens:saying,Vidi Deum facie ad faciem,“I have seen God face to face,et salva facta est anima mea.and my soul has been saved.”

³¹Ortusque est ei statim sol,And immediately the sun rose upon him,postquam transgressus est Phanuel:after he had crossed beyond Peniel.ipse vero claudicabat pede.Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.

³¹Ortusque est ei statim sol,And immediately the sun rose upon him,postquam transgressus est Phanuel:after he had crossed beyond Peniel.ipse vero claudicabat pede.Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.

³²Quam ob causam non comedunt nervum filii Israël,For this reason,qui emarcuit in femore Jacob,the sons of Israel,usque in præsentem diem:even to the present day,eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris ejus,do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob’s thigh,et obstupuerit.because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.

³²Quam ob causam non comedunt nervum filii Israël,For this reason,qui emarcuit in femore Jacob,the sons of Israel,usque in præsentem diem:even to the present day,eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris ejus,do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob’s thigh,et obstupuerit.because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.