18. So tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, who is coming this way. He is sending them as a gift to his master Esau.’ ”
19. Jacob also told the men in charge of the second and third herds and those who followed to say the same thing when they met Esau.
20. And Jacob told them to be sure to say that he was just behind them. Jacob hoped the gifts would make Esau friendly, so Esau would be glad to see him when they met.
21. Jacob's men took the gifts on ahead of him, but he spent the night in camp.
22-23. Jacob got up in the middle of the night and took his wives, his eleven children, and everything he owned across to the other side of the River Jabbok for safety.
24. Afterwards, Jacob went back and spent the rest of the night alone.A man came and fought with Jacob until just before daybreak.
25. When the man saw that he could not win, he struck Jacob on the hip and threw it out of joint.
26. They kept on wrestling until the man said, “Let go of me! It's almost daylight.”“You can't go until you bless me,” Jacob replied.
27. Then the man asked, “What is your name?”“Jacob,” he answered.
28. The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That's why your name will be Israel.”
29. Jacob said, “Now tell me your name.”“Don't you know who I am?” he asked. And he blessed Jacob.
30. Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive.” So he named the place Peniel.