Genesis 32

32 ¹Jacob waka dey go im road, and di angels of our Papa meet am. ²Jacob see dem and talk, “Na our Papa camp be dis!” E name dat place Mahanaim. ^a a v2 Mahanaim mean “two camp” — na Jacob name for di place wia e meet our Papa im army of angels.

³Jacob send messengers go ahead of am to Esau im broda for di land of Seir, di territory of Edom.

⁴E order dem, “Tell my oga Esau: your servant Jacob talk say, I don dey stay wit Laban and remain dia sotay now. ⁵I get oxen, donkey, sheep, and servants—man and woman. I don send message make dem inform my oga, so I fit find favour for your eye.” ⁶Di messengers come back to Jacob: “We go meet your broda Esau—e dey come meet you, and 400 men dey wit am.” ⁷Fear catch Jacob well well and im mind no settle. E divide di people wey dey wit am, and di sheep, cattle, and camel, into two camp, ⁸as e dey think say, “If Esau reach one camp and attack am, di camp wey remain go escape.” ⁹Den Jacob talk, “God of my papa Abraham and God of my papa Isaac, my Papa, wey tell me say, ‘Return go your land and your family, so I fit do you good,’ ¹⁰I too small for even di smallest of all di Covenant love and faithfulness wey you don show your servant, because na only my staff I take cross dis Jordan, and now I don turn two camp. ¹¹Rescue me, abeg, from my broda hand, from Esau hand—I dey fear am: e fit come strike me down, mama togeda wit im pikin dem. ¹²But you don talk say, ‘For sure I go do you good and make your descendants plenty like di sand of di sea, wey person no fit count.’”

¹³E stay dia dat night, den e take gift for im broda Esau from di tin wey e get: ¹⁴200 female goat and twenty male goat, 200 female sheep and twenty ram, ¹⁵thirty camel wey dey give breast wit dia young, forty cow, ten bull, twenty female donkey, ten male donkey. ¹⁶E give dem to im servants, group by group, separate, and e tell im servants, “Waka go ahead of me, and leave space between one group and anoda group.” ¹⁷E order di first one, “Wen Esau my broda meet you and ask you, ‘You na who own? Wia you dey go? Dis ones wey dey ahead of you na who own?’ ¹⁸den you go talk, ‘Na your servant Jacob own, na gift wey e send to my oga Esau. See, e imsef dey behind us.’” ¹⁹E also command di second, di third, and all wey dey follow di herds, “Talk di same tin to Esau wen you meet am, ²⁰and you go add, ‘Also, your servant Jacob dey behind us.’” Because e dey think, “I go make im mind soft wit di gift wey dey go ahead of me, den I go see im face; maybe e go accept me.”

²¹So di gift waka go ahead of am, and e imsef stay dat night for di camp.

Crossing di Jabbok

²²Dat night e wake up, take im two wife, two female servant, and eleven son, and cross di Jabbok crossing. ²³E take dem and send dem cross di stream, and e also send everytin wey e get cross am. ²⁴And Jacob remain alone. And one man wrestle wit am sotay day wan break. ²⁵Wen di man see say e no fit win Jacob, e touch im hip joint, and Jacob hip comot for e place as dem dey wrestle.

²⁶E talk, “Make I go; day don dey break.” But Jacob talk, “I no go let you go unless you bless me.”

²⁷And e ask am, “Wetin be your name?” And e talk, “Jacob.”

²⁸E talk, “Dem no go call you Jacob again, but Israel, because you don struggle wit our Papa and wit men, and you win.” ^b b v28 Israel mean “e struggle wit God” — na di name our Papa give Jacob afta di night of wrestling.

²⁹Jacob ask am, “Abeg tell me your name.” E talk, “Why you dey ask my name?” And e bless am dia.

³⁰So Jacob name di place Peniel: “Because I don see our Papa face to face, but dem still save my life.” ^c c v30 Na Jacob confession afta di all-night wrestling: e don meet our Papa face to face — di Papa wey dey close, for form wey e fit see, touch, and struggle wit — and dem don spare im life. ³¹Di sun rise on am as e pass Penuel, dey limp because of im hip. ³²Na why, even now, di Israelites no dey chop di thigh muscle wey dey for di hip joint—because na dia e strike Jacob im hip joint, for di thigh muscle.