Top Verses from Genesis 32  

After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. (NIV)

And he took them and sent them across the brook; also he sent over all that he had. (AMP)

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. (KJV)

Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there. (NIV)

Then Jacob asked Him, Tell me, I pray You, what [in contrast] is Your name? But He said, Why is it that you ask My name? And [the Angel of God declared] a blessing on [Jacob] there. (AMP)

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. (KJV)

The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip. (NIV)

And as he passed Penuel [Peniel], the sun rose upon him, and he was limping because of his thigh. (AMP)

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

"But you have said, 'I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted." (NIV)

And You said, I will surely do you good and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. (AMP)

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. (KJV)

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps. (NIV)

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercy and loving-kindness and all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant, for with [only] my staff I passed over this Jordan [long ago], and now I have become two companies. (AMP)

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. (KJV)

Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon. (NIV)

That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the hollow of the thigh, because [the Angel of the Lord] touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew of the hip. (AMP)

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. (KJV)

When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim. (NIV)

When Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's army! So he named that place Mahanaim [two armies]. [Gen. 32:7, 10.] (AMP)

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. (KJV)

The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered. (NIV)

[The Man] asked him, What is your name? And [in shock of realization, whispering] he said, Jacob [supplanter, schemer, trickster, swindler]! (AMP)

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. (KJV)

He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau: (NIV)

And Jacob lodged there that night and took from what he had with him as a present for his brother Esau: (AMP)

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

Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children. (NIV)

Deliver me, I pray You, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite [us all], the mothers with the children. (AMP)

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. (KJV)