So went the pres[~e]t before him ãd he taried all that nyghte in the tente/ ãd rose vp the same nyghte ãd toke his .ij. wyves and his .ij. maydens & his .xi. sonnes/ & went ouer the foorde Iabok. And he toke them ãd sent th[~e] ouer the ryuer/ ãd sent ouer that he had ãd taried behinde him selfe alone.
And there wrastled a man with him vnto the breakynge of the daye. And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him/ he smote h[~i] vnder the thye/ and the senowe of Iacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with him. And he sayde: let me goo/ for the daye breaketh. And he sayde: I will not lett the goo/ excepte thou blesse me. And he sayde vnto him: what is thy name? He answered: Iacob. And he sayde: thou shalt be called Iacob nomore/ but Israell. For thou hast wrastled with God and with men ãd hast preuayled.
And Iacob asked him sainge/ tell me thi name. And he sayde/ wherfore dost thou aske after my name? and he blessed him there. And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel/ for I haue sene God face to face/ and yet is my lyfe reserved. And as he went ouer Peniel/ the sonne rose vpon him/ and he halted vpon his thye: wherfore the childern of Israell eate not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye/ vnto this daye: because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that shroncke.
Iacob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come/ & with him .iiij. hundred men. And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto Rahel and vnto y^e ij. maydens. And he put the maydens ãd their childern formest/ ãd Lea and hir childern after/ and Rahel ãd Ioseph hindermost. And he went before them and fell on the grownde .vij. tymes/ vntill he came vnto his brother.
Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and kyssed him/ and they wepte. And he lifte vp his eyes and sawe the wyves and their childern/ and sayde: what are these which thou there hast? And he sayde: they are the childern which God hath geuen thy seruaunte. Than came the maydens forth/ ãd dyd their obaysaunce. Lea also and hir childern came and dyd their obaysaunce. And last of all came Ioseph and Rahel and dyd their obaysaunce.
And he sayde: what meanyst thou with all y^e drooues which I mett. And he answered: to fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde. And Esau sayde: I haue ynough my brother/ kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf. Iacob answered: oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte/ receaue my preas[~e]t of my hãde: for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene y^e face of God: wherfore receaue me to grace and take my blessynge that I haue brought the/ for God hath geuen it me frely. And I haue ynough of all thynges. And so he compelled him to take it.