Israel

The angels of God met Jacob, and he called the place Mahanaim, meaning two camps. Jacob sent messengers to Esau, but they returned saying Esau was coming with four hundred men. Jacob was greatly afraid. He divided his people into two groups.

Jacob prayed, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh. He said he was not worthy of God's kindness and asked God to save him from his brother. He reminded God of His promise. Then he sent hundreds of goats, sheep, camels, cows and donkeys to Esau as a gift.

That night Jacob sent his family across the Jabbok stream and stayed alone. A man wrestled with him until daybreak. The man touched Jacob's hip, but Jacob held on and said, I won't let you go unless you bless me. The man said, Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed. Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.