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Genesis 32:22
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20 and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will aappease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”  
21 So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

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22 And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, aand crossed over the ford of Jabbok.  
23 He took them, sent them1 over the brook, and sent over what he had.  
24 Then Jacob was left alone; and aa Man wrestled with him until the1 breaking of day.  
25 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He1 touched the socket of his hip; and athe socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him.  
26 And aHe said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, b“I will not let You go unless You bless me!”  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 32:22

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American Standard Version
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

Amplified® Bible
But he rose up that [same] night and took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons and passed over the ford [of the] Jabbok.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob got up in the middle of the night and took his wives, his eleven children, and everything he owned across to the other side of the Jabbok River for safety.

Darby English Version
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;

Good News Bible
That same night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two concubines, and his eleven children, and crossed the Jabbok River.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

New International Version
That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

New King James Version
And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Revised Standard Version
The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Young's Literal Translation
And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;


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