Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
17 He ordered the first servant, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, "Who is your master? Where are you going? Who owns these animals in front of you?'
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He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’
18 you must answer, "They belong to your servant Jacob. He sends them as a present to his master Esau. Jacob himself is right behind us.' "
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then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’ ”
19 He gave the same order to the second, the third, and to all the others who were in charge of the herds: "This is what you must say to Esau when you meet him.
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He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20 You must say, "Yes, your servant Jacob is right behind us.' " Jacob was thinking, "I will win him over with the gifts, and when I meet him, perhaps he will forgive me."
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And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
21 He sent the gifts on ahead of him and spent that night in camp.
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So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
22 That same night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two concubines, and his eleven children, and crossed the Jabbok River.
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That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23 After he had sent them across, he also sent across all that he owned,
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After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.
24 but he stayed behind, alone. Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before daybreak.
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So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
25 When the man saw that he was not winning the struggle, he hit Jacob on the hip, and it was thrown out of joint.
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When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
26 The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.
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Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 "What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he answered.
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The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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