18. then you should answer, ‘These animals belong to your servant Jacob. He sent them as a gift to you, my master Esau. And he also is coming behind us.’”
19. Jacob also ordered the second servant, the third servant, and all the other servants to do the same thing. He said, “You will say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20. You will say, ‘This is a gift to you, and your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought, “If I send these men ahead with gifts, maybe Esau will forgive me and accept me.”
21. So Jacob sent the gifts to Esau, but he stayed that night in the camp.
22. During the night, Jacob got up and began moving his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven sons across the Jabbok River at the crossing.
23. After he sent his family across the river, he sent across everything he had.
24. Jacob was left alone, and a man came and wrestled with him. The man fought with him until the sun came up.
25. When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he touched Jacob’s leg and put it out of joint.
26. Then the man said to Jacob, “Let me go. The sun is coming up.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go. You must bless me.”
27. And the man said to him, “What is your name?” And Jacob said, “My name is Jacob.”
28. Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have won.”
29. Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But the man said, “Why do you ask my name?” Then the man blessed Jacob at that place.
30. So Jacob named that place Peniel. He said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”
31. Then the sun came up as Jacob left Peniel. He was limping because of his leg.
32. So even today, the people of Israel don’t eat the muscle that is on the hip joint, because this is the muscle where Jacob was hurt.