Genesis 32 (Bereshit)

Genesis 32 (Bereshit) Outline

Genesis 32 (Bereshit) can be navigated in three possible ways. (1) Jewish tradition of daily reading called Torah Portions, (2) Semitic literature, and (3) theme-based verses.

Genesis 32 (Bereshit) English Verses

Parsha Vayetze #7
~ And he went out ~

→ Jacob in Exile: Stealth and Prosperity Con’t

1 (32:2) And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

→ Preparations for Esau

2 (32:3) And Jacob said when he saw them: ‘This is God’s camp.’ And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Parsha Vayishlach #8
~ And he sent ~

3 (32:4) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
4 (32:5) And he commanded them, saying: ‘Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.
5 (32:6) And I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and men-servants and maid-servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.’
6 (32:7) And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: ‘We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.’
7 (32:8) Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps.
8 (32:9) And he said: ‘If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.’
9 (32:10) And Jacob said: ‘O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good;
10 (32:11) I am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.
11 (32:12) Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.
12 (32:13) 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 (32:14) And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:

14 (32:15) two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15 (32:16) thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
16 (32:17) And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: ‘Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.’
17 (32:18) 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 (32:19) then thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.’
19 (32:20) And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: ‘In this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;
20 (32:21) and ye shall say: 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 me.’
21 (32:22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22 (32:23) And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
23 (32:24) And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

→ The Mysterious Stranger: Struggle at the Yabbok

24 (32:25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 (32:26) 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 strained, as he wrestled with him.
26 (32:27) And he said: ‘Let me go, for the day breaketh.’ And he said: ‘I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.’
27 (32:28) And he said unto him: ‘What is thy name?’ And be said: ‘Jacob.’
28 (32:29) And he said: ‘Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.’
29 (32:30) 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 (32:31) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: ‘for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.’

31 (32:32) And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.
32 (32:33) Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.

Genesis 32 (Bereshit) English Verses

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Genesis 32 (Bereshit) בראשית Hebrew Verses

Genesis 32 (Bereshit) בראשית Interlinear Verses

32.1 (32:2) And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

א וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם לָבָ֜ן בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיְנַשֵּׁ֧ק לְבָנָ֛יו וְלִבְנוֹתָ֖יו וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֶתְהֶ֑ם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ וַיָּ֥שָׁב לָבָ֖ן לִמְקֹמֽוֹ

Genesis (Bereshit) Chapters

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Parsha Notes

• Parsha Vayetze

Hebrew Studies

• Parsha Vayetze – Hebrew
• Sefer Bereshit – Chapter 32
• Bible Hub Interlinear Genesis 32

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Books

• A Commentary on the Book of Genesis Part 1 From Adam to Noah – Professor Umberto Cassuto’s last publish text on Genesis
• A Commentary on the Book of Genesis Part 2 From Noah to Abraham – Professor Umberto Cassuto text last published text on Genesis
• Covenant & Conversation Commentary – The Late Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ last published commentary on the Torah.
• The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon – One of the most used Hebrew and English Lexicons among serious Bible students.
• Pentateuch & Haftorahs, By. Dr. J.H. Hertz – The Late Chief Rabbi of the British Empire was renowned for his writings and teaches. By many he is considered a must read. In the Preface Dr. Hertz calls this “a People’s Commentary”.
• The Steinsaltz Humash – The Late Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz was renowned for his Koren Talmud. He has been called the modern Rashi.
• The Schocken Bible: The Five Books of Moses Vol. 1 – My Hebrew teacher, Yoel HaLevi, has stated this is the best English translation he has heard.