उत्पत्ति 32

1 और याकूब ने भी अपना मार्ग लिया और परमेश्वर के दूत उसे आ मिले।

2 उन को देखते ही याकूब ने कहा, यह तो परमेश्वर का दल है सो उसने उस स्थान का नाम महनैम रखा॥

3 तब याकूब ने सेईर देश में, अर्थात एदोम देश में, अपने भाई ऐसाव के पास अपने आगे दूत भेज दिए।

4 और उसने उन्हें यह आज्ञा दी, कि मेरे प्रभु ऐसाव से यों कहना; कि तेरा दास याकूब तुझ से यों कहता है, कि मैं लाबान के यहां परदेशी हो कर अब तक रहा;

5 और मेरे पास गाय-बैल, गदहे, भेड़-बकरियां, और दास-दासियां है: सो मैं ने अपने प्रभु के पास इसलिये संदेशा भेजा है, कि तेरी अनुग्रह की दृष्टि मुझ पर हो।

6 वे दूत याकूब के पास लौट के कहने लगे, हम तेरे भाई ऐसाव के पास गए थे, और वह भी तुझ से भेंट करने को चार सौ पुरूष संग लिये हुए चला आता है।

7 तब याकूब निपट डर गया, और संकट में पड़ा: और यह सोच कर, अपने संग वालों के, और भेड़-बकरियों, और गाय-बैलों, और ऊंटो के भी अलग अलग दो दल कर लिये,

8 कि यदि ऐसाव आकर पहिले दल को मारने लगे, तो दूसरा दल भाग कर बच जाएगा।

9 फिर याकूब ने कहा, हे यहोवा, हे मेरे दादा इब्राहीम के परमेश्वर, तू ने तो मुझ से कहा, कि अपने देश और जन्म भूमि में लौट जा, और मैं तेरी भलाई करूंगा:

10 तू ने जो जो काम अपनी करूणा और सच्चाई से अपने दास के साथ किए हैं, कि मैं जो अपनी छड़ी ही ले कर इस यरदन नदी के पार उतर आया, सो अब मेरे दो दल हो गए हैं, तेरे ऐसे ऐसे कामों में से मैं एक के भी योग्य तो नहीं हूं।

11 मेरी विनती सुन कर मुझे मेरे भाई ऐसाव के हाथ से बचा: मैं तो उससे डरता हूं, कहीं ऐसा ने हो कि वह आकर मुझे और मां समेत लड़कों को भी मार डाले।

12 तू ने तो कहा है, कि मैं निश्चय तेरी भलाई करूंगा, और तेरे वंश को समुद्र की बालू के किनकों के समान बहुत करूंगा, जो बहुतायत के मारे गिने नहीं जो सकते।

13 और उसने उस दिन की रात वहीं बिताई; और जो कुछ उसके पास था उस में से अपने भाई ऐसाव की भेंट के लिये छांट छांट कर निकाला;

14 अर्थात दो सौ बकरियां, और बीस बकरे, और दो सौ भेड़ें, और बीस मेढ़े,

15 और बच्चों समेत दूध देने वाली तीस ऊंटनियां, और चालीस गायें, और दस बैल, और बीस गदहियां और उनके दस बच्चे।

16 इन को उसने झुण्ड झुण्ड करके, अपने दासों को सौंप कर उन से कहा, मेरे आगे बढ़ जाओ; और झुण्डों के बीच बीच में अन्तर रखो।

17 फिर उसने अगले झुण्ड के रखवाले को यह आज्ञा दी, कि जब मेरा भाई ऐसाव तुझे मिले, और पूछने लगे, कि तू किस का दास है, और कहां जाता है, और ये जो तेरे आगे आगे हैं, सो किस के हैं?

18 तब कहना, कि यह तेरे दास याकूब के हैं। हे मेरे प्रभु ऐसाव, ये भेंट के लिये तेरे पास भेजे गए हैं, और वह आप भी हमारे पीछे पीछे आ रहा है।

19 और उसने दूसरे और तीसरे रखवालों को भी, वरन उस सभों को जो झुण्डों के पीछे पीछे थे ऐसी ही आज्ञा दी, कि जब ऐसाव तुम को मिले तब इसी प्रकार उससे कहना।

20 और यह भी कहना, कि तेरा दास याकूब हमारे पीछे पीछे आ रहा है। क्योंकि उसने यह सोचा, कि यह भेंट जो मेरे आगे आगे जाती है, इसके द्वारा मैं उसके क्रोध को शान्त करके तब उसका दर्शन करूंगा; हो सकता है वह मुझ से प्रसन्न हो जाए।

21 सो वह भेंट याकूब से पहिले पार उतर गई, और वह आप उस रात को छावनी में रहा॥

22 उसी रात को वह उठा और अपनी दोनों स्त्रियों, और दोनों लौंडियों, और ग्यारहों लड़कों को संग ले कर घाट से यब्बोक नदी के पार उतर गया।

23 और उसने उन्हें उस नदी के पार उतार दिया वरन अपना सब कुछ पार उतार दिया।

24 और याकूब आप अकेला रह गया; तब कोई पुरूष आकर पह फटने तक उससे मल्लयुद्ध करता रहा।

25 जब उसने देखा, कि मैं याकूब पर प्रबल नहीं होता, तब उसकी जांघ की नस को छूआ; सो याकूब की जांघ की नस उससे मल्लयुद्ध करते ही करते चढ़ गई।

26 तब उसने कहा, मुझे जाने दे, क्योंकि भोर हुआ चाहता है; याकूब ने कहा जब तक तू मुझे आशीर्वाद न दे, तब तक मैं तुझे जाने न दूंगा।

27 और उसने याकूब से पूछा, तेरा नाम क्या है? उसने कहा याकूब।

28 उसने कहा तेरा नाम अब याकूब नहीं, परन्तु इस्राएल होगा, क्योंकि तू परमेश्वर से और मनुष्यों से भी युद्ध कर के प्रबल हुआ है।

29 याकूब ने कहा, मैं बिनती करता हूं, मुझे अपना नाम बता। उसने कहा, तू मेरा नाम क्यों पूछता है? तब उसने उसको वहीं आशीर्वाद दिया।

30 तब याकूब ने यह कह कर उस स्थान का नाम पनीएल रखा: कि परमेश्वर को आम्हने साम्हने देखने पर भी मेरा प्राण बच गया है।

31 पनूएल के पास से चलते चलते सूर्य उदय हो गया, और वह जांघ से लंगड़ाता था।

32 इस्राएली जो पशुओं की जांघ की जोड़ वाले जंघानस को आज के दिन तक नहीं खाते, इसका कारण यही है, कि उस पुरूष ने याकूब की जांघ की जोड़ में जंघानस को छूआ था॥

1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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:

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.

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.

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;

8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

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:

10 I 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.

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.

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.

13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

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.

23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

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.

26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

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.

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.

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

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.

1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.

16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.