Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:24-28

24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man1 wrestled with him until daybreak. 25When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled. 26Then 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 replied.

28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob,2 but Israel,3 because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 32:24 Or Man; here and in verses 25–28; corresponding pronouns may also be capitalized ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 32:28 Jacob means he grasps the heel or he deceives. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 32:28 Israel means he struggles with God. ↩

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