>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/gen/32?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#06520::c06520) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/genesis/32.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Genesis/32.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gen/32/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Jacob, on his journey to reunite with his brother Esau, experiences a divine encounter at night by the Jabbok river, where he wrestles with an angel and receives the name Israel. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>Jacob was worried about meeting his brother Esau, so he sent gifts to make Esau happy. Then Jacob wrestled with an angel and got a new name, Israel. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Jacob, fearing his brother Esau's anger, sent gifts to appease him and prayed for protection. That night, Jacob wrestled with a mysterious man, often interpreted as an angel or divine being, and was blessed with a new name, Israel, symbolizing his spiritual triumph and perseverance. The chapter highlights themes of reconciliation, divine encounters, and the transformation that comes through spiritual struggle. > >#Gospel/Prayer #Gospel/Faith #Gospel/DivineEncounters ###### 1 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. ###### 2 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. ###### 3 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. ###### 4 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: ###### 5 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. ###### 6 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. ###### 7 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; ###### 8 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. ###### 9 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: ###### 10 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. ###### 11 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. ###### 12 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. ###### 13 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; ###### 14 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, ###### 15 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. ###### 16 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. ###### 17 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? ###### 18 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. ###### 19 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. ###### 20 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. ###### 21 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. ###### 22 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. ###### 23 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. ###### 24 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. ###### 25 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. ###### 26 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. ###### 27 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. ###### 28 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. ###### 29 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. ###### 30 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. ###### 31 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. ###### 32 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.