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Genesis 32

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  1. 1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.14 cross-references: Psalms 91:11, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 2 Kings 6:16–17, Hebrews 1:4, Psalms 34:7
  2. 2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.27 cross-references: 2 Samuel 2:8, Joshua 21:38, Joshua 5:14, 2 Samuel 17:24, Psalms 148:2
  3. 3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.26 cross-references: Joshua 24:4, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 33:14, Deuteronomy 2:5
  4. 4And 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:19 cross-references: 1 Peter 3:6, Proverbs 6:3, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 27:29
  5. 5And 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.17 cross-references: Genesis 33:8, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 30:43 – Genesis 31:1, Genesis 33:11, Genesis 31:16
  6. 6And 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.13 cross-references: Genesis 33:1, Genesis 27:40–41, Amos 5:19, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:8
  7. 7Then 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;29 cross-references: Genesis 35:3, Psalms 55:4–5, Psalms 18:4–5, 2 Corinthians 1:8–10, 2 Corinthians 1:4
  8. 8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.3 cross-references: Genesis 33:1–3, Matthew 10:16
  9. 9And 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:38 cross-references: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 28:13, Psalms 34:4–6, Genesis 31:3
  10. 10I 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.48 cross-references: Psalms 18:35, Genesis 24:27, 1 Timothy 1:12–15, 2 Samuel 7:18, Isaiah 63:7
  11. 11Deliver 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.25 cross-references: Psalms 59:1–2, Proverbs 18:19, Matthew 6:13, Daniel 3:17, 1 Samuel 24:15
  12. 12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.28 cross-references: Genesis 28:13–15, Hebrews 6:17, Genesis 46:3–4, Matthew 24:35, Titus 1:2
  13. 13And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;19 cross-references: Genesis 43:11, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 21:14, Proverbs 19:6, Proverbs 17:8
  14. 14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,7 cross-references: Deuteronomy 8:18, Job 1:3, Job 42:12, 1 Samuel 25:2, Genesis 30:43
  15. 15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
  16. 16And 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.8 cross-references: Genesis 32:20, Matthew 10:16, Proverbs 2:11, Psalms 112:5, Isaiah 28:26
  17. 17And 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?2 cross-references: Genesis 33:3
  18. 18Then 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.4 cross-references: Genesis 32:4–5
  19. 19And 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. 20And 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.22 cross-references: Job 42:8–9, Proverbs 21:14, 2 Timothy 2:25, Proverbs 6:35, Jonah 3:9
  21. 21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
  22. 22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.16 cross-references: Deuteronomy 3:16, Deuteronomy 2:37, 1 Timothy 5:8, Joshua 12:2, Genesis 35:22–26
  23. 23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
  24. 24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.53 cross-references: Hosea 12:3–5, Ephesians 6:12, Genesis 32:28, Luke 13:24, Genesis 32:30
  25. 25And 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.18 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 12:7–9, Hosea 12:3–4, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 45:11, Matthew 26:41
  26. 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.40 cross-references: Hosea 12:4, Psalms 115:12–13, 2 Corinthians 12:8–9, Psalms 67:1, 1 Chronicles 4:10
  27. 27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
  28. 28And 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.68 cross-references: Revelation 2:17, Genesis 35:10, Isaiah 62:2–4, Hosea 12:3–5, Genesis 17:5
  29. 29And 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.20 cross-references: Judges 13:16–18, Isaiah 9:6, Job 11:7, Proverbs 30:4, Genesis 27:28–29
  30. 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.44 cross-references: Numbers 12:8, Exodus 24:10–11, Genesis 16:13, Isaiah 6:5, Deuteronomy 5:24
  31. 31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.11 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 12:7, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 19:15, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Genesis 19:23
  32. 32Therefore 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.3 cross-references: 1 Samuel 5:5

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Jacob, Esau, God, Laban, Abraham, Isaac

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Mahanaim, Seir, Edom, Jordan, Jabbok, Peniel, Penuel

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