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| 1 وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَمَضَى فِي طَرِيقِهِ وَلاَقَاهُ مَلاَئِكَةُ اللهِ. | 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. |
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| 2 وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ إِذْ رَآهُمْ: «هذَا جَيْشُ اللهِ!». فَدَعَا اسْمَ ذلِكَ الْمَكَانِ «مَحَنَايِمَ». | 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. |
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| 3 وَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ رُسُلاً قُدَّامَهُ إِلَى عِيسُوَ أَخِيهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ سَعِيرَ بِلاَدِ أَدُومَ، | 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. |
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| 4 وَأَمَرَهُمْ قَائِلاً: «هكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُوَ: هكَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُكَ يَعْقُوبُ: تَغَرَّبْتُ عِنْدَ لاَبَانَ وَلَبِثْتُ إِلَى الآنَ. | 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: |
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| 5 وَقَدْ صَارَ لِي بَقَرٌ وَحَمِيرٌ وَغَنَمٌ وَعَبِيدٌ وَإِمَاءٌ. وَأَرْسَلْتُ لأُخْبِرَ سَيِّدِي لِكَيْ أَجِدَ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ». | 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. |
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| 6 فَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ إِلَى يَعْقُوبَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَتَيْنَا إِلَى أَخِيكَ، إِلَى عِيسُو، وَهُوَ أَيْضًا قَادِمٌ لِلِقَائِكَ، وَأَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُل مَعَهُ». | 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. |
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| 7 فَخَافَ يَعْقُوبُ جِدًّا وَضَاقَ بِهِ الأَمْرُ، فَقَسَمَ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالْغَنَمَ وَالْبَقَرَ وَالْجِمَالَ إِلَى جَيْشَيْنِ. | 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; |
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| 8 وَقَالَ: «إِنْ جَاءَ عِيسُو إِلَى الْجَيْشِ الْوَاحِدِ وَضَرَبَهُ، يَكُونُ الْجَيْشُ الْبَاقِي نَاجِيًا». | 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. |
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| 9 وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «يَا إِلهَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلهَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، الرَّبَّ الَّذِي قَالَ لِيَ: ارْجعْ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ وَإِلَى عَشِيرَتِكَ فَأُحْسِنَ إِلَيْكَ. | 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: |
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| 10 صَغِيرٌ أَنَا عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَلْطَافِكَ وَجَمِيعِ الأَمَانَةِ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ. فَإِنِّي بِعَصَايَ عَبَرْتُ هذَا الأُرْدُنَّ، وَالآنَ قَدْ صِرْتُ جَيْشَيْنِ. | 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. |
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| 11 نَجِّنِي مِنْ يَدِ أَخِي، مِنْ يَدِ عِيسُوَ، لأَنِّي خَائِفٌ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ وَيَضْرِبَنِي الأُمَّ مَعَ الْبَنِينَ. | 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. |
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| 12 وَأَنْتَ قَدْ قُلْتَ: إِنِّي أُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَجْعَلُ نَسْلَكَ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي لاَ يُعَدُّ لِلْكَثْرَةِ». | 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. |
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| 13 وَبَاتَ هُنَاكَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ وَأَخَذَ مِمَّا أَتَى بِيَدِهِ هَدِيَّةً لِعِيسُو أَخِيهِ: | 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; |
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14 مِئَتَيْ عَنْزٍ وَعِشْرِينَ تَيْسًا، مِئَتَيْ نَعْجَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كَبْشًا،  | 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, |
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| 15 ثَلاَثِينَ نَاقَةً مُرْضِعَةً وَأَوْلاَدَهَا، أَرْبَعِينَ بَقَرَةً وَعَشَرَةَ ثِيرَانٍ، عِشْرِينَ أَتَانًا وَعَشَرَةَ حَمِيرٍ، | 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. |
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| 16 وَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى يَدِ عَبِيدِهِ قَطِيعًا قَطِيعًا عَلَى حِدَةٍ. وَقَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «اجْتَازُوا قُدَّامِي وَاجْعَلُوا فُسْحَةً بَيْنَ قَطِيعٍ وَقَطِيعٍ». | 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. |
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| 17 وَأَمَرَ الأَوَّلَ قَائِلاً: «إِذَا صَادَفَكَ عِيسُو أَخِي وَسَأَلَك قَائِلاً: لِمَنْ أَنْتَ؟ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟ وَلِمَنْ هذَا الَّذِي قُدَّامَكَ؟ | 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? |
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| 18 تَقُولُ: لِعَبْدِكَ يَعْقُوبَ. هُوَ هَدِيَّةٌ مُرْسَلَةٌ لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُوَ، وَهَا هُوَ أَيْضًا وَرَاءَنَا». | 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. |
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| 19 وَأَمَرَ أَيْضًا الْثَانِى وَالثَّالِثَ وَجَمِيعَ السَّائِرِينَ وَرَاءَ الْقُطْعَانِ: «بِمِثْلِ هذَا الْكَلاَمِ تُكَلِّمُونَ عِيسُوَ حِينَمَا تَجِدُونَهُ، | 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. |
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| 20 وَتَقُولُونَ: هُوَذَا عَبْدُكَ يَعْقُوبُ أَيْضًا وَرَاءَنَا». لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «أَسْتَعْطِفُ وَجْهَهُ بِالْهَدِيَّةِ السَّائِرَةِ أَمَامِي، وَبَعْدَ ذلِكَ أَنْظُرُ وَجْهَهُ، عَسَى أَنْ يَرْفَعَ وَجْهِي». | 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. |
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| 21 فَاجْتَازَتِ الْهَدِيَّةُ قُدَّامَهُ، وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَبَاتَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي الْمَحَلَّةِ. | 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. |
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| 22 ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَأَخَذَ امْرَأَتَيْهِ وَجَارِيَتَيْهِ وَأَوْلاَدَهُ الأَحَدَ عَشَرَ وَعَبَرَ مَخَاضَةَ يَبُّوقَ. | 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. |
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| 23 أَخَذَهُمْ وَأَجَازَهُمُ الْوَادِيَ، وَأَجَازَ مَا كَانَ لَهُ. | 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. |
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| 24 فَبَقِيَ يَعْقُوبُ وَحْدَهُ، وَصَارَعَهُ إِنْسَانٌ حَتَّى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ. | 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. |
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| 25 وَلَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّهُ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ، ضَرَبَ حُقَّ فَخْذِهِ، فَانْخَلَعَ حُقُّ فَخْذِ يَعْقُوبَ فِي مُصَارَعَتِهِ مَعَهُ. | 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. |
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| 26 وَقَالَ: «أَطْلِقْنِي، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ». فَقَالَ: «لاَ أُطْلِقُكَ إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي». | 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. |
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| 27 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَا اسْمُكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «يَعْقُوبُ». | 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. |
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| 28 فَقَالَ: «لاَ يُدْعَى اسْمُكَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ يَعْقُوبَ بَلْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّكَ جَاهَدْتَ مَعَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ وَقَدَرْتَ». | 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. |
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| 29 وَسَأَلَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي بِاسْمِكَ». فَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُ عَنِ اسْمِي؟» وَبَارَكَهُ هُنَاكَ. | 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. |
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| 30 فَدَعَا يَعْقُوبُ اسْمَ الْمَكَانِ «فَنِيئِيلَ» قَائِلاً: «لأَنِّي نَظَرْتُ اللهَ وَجْهًا لِوَجْهٍ، وَنُجِّيَتْ نَفْسِي». | 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. |
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| 31 وَأَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ الشَّمْسُ إِذْ عَبَرَ فَنُوئِيلَ وَهُوَ يَخْمَعُ عَلَى فَخْذِهِ. | 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. |
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| 32 لِذلِكَ لاَ يَأْكُلُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عِرْقَ النَّسَا الَّذِي عَلَى حُقِّ الْفَخِذِ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّهُ ضَرَبَ حُقَّ فَخْذِ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَى عِرْقِ النَّسَا. | 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. |
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